DR PHILIPPA WHITFORD, Consultant Breast Surgeon in Kilmarnock spoke at Yes Clydesdale's Women for Independence meeting in Strathaven on May 1.
Drawing on her considerable experience in Scotland's NHS she spoke about the current privatisation within the NHS, south of the border, under the Tories and concluded that it would be completed within five years.
She warned that, if the Scots voted NO in the Independence Referendum, Scotland's NHS would be lost to privatisation within a further five years.
The only way to prevent having to pay for treatment is to vote YES in the Referendum.