After a 50-year career in medicine, retired obstetrician John Cullimore was himself saved by the NHS. Now, having experienced the overstretched health service as a patient, he says he finally understands why staff have voted to continue their industrial action T he resident doctors’ decision to continue striking for another six months makes the heart sink. But it has also crystallised for me how far the medical profession has drifted from the one to which I devoted my life. After 50 years in