The monarch’s recent prostate operation has sparked an unexpected reaction among the British
The Buckingham Palace statement provided no details on the cancer affecting 75-year-old King Charles III. The only information is that it is not prostate cancer.
In January, the monarch underwent surgery to correct the abnormal enlargement of the gland. The condition would be benign. It was during her hospitalization that the doctors diagnosed the sovereign’s serious problem.
Clarifying that it is not prostate cancer was a measure to avoid a rush on the English public health system. The announcement that Charles would perform the operation congested the phones of the health units and the institution’s website.
On the one hand, it helped many men schedule preventive exams – this knowledge made the king happy, his advisor said. On the other hand, it has caused unnecessary alarm among the population.
Now, by omitting the type of cancer we also try to avoid overloading the system with people fearing for their health. There is another, even more delicate reason: to discourage the publication of predictions about the king’s future.
Doctors usually calculate a patient’s survival estimate based on tests that indicate the stage of the disease. The publication of Charles’ medical records could anticipate speculation on the succession to the throne.
In an interview on TVI’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ programme, the former communications secretary of the then Prince of Wales, Kristina Kyriacou, said the palace was right to control information to avoid public hysteria and gossip in the gossip tabloid.
Source: Terra
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