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<\/p>\nHolly Willoughby got choked up as she hosted Tuesday's edition of This Morning.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old was hosting the ITV daytime show with Irishman Craig Doyle and was discussing the news of the day with Gyles Brandreth and Sonia Sodha.<\/p>\n
Kicking off Tuesday's show (September 19), the presenters talked about junior doctors and consultants taking to the picket lines together for the first time.<\/p>\n
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Consultants will strike outside hospitals for four days in England starting today, with junior doctors joining them on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
As a result of the strike action, hundreds of vital appointments have had to be cancelled as the NHS operates a so-called "Christmas Day service", with only essential surgeries being held.<\/p>\n
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The group began the subject by admitting that it would be "grim" for patients who have to go into hospital over the next few days.<\/p>\n
Brandreth added that he believed the co-ordinated strike was "too much", saying that the public's patience was being tested.<\/p>\n
Similarly, Sonia said that both doctors and the government are in the wrong and accused both of being "too hard line".<\/p>\n
She admitted that "to be told your operation is cancelled" would be frustrating for patients.<\/p>\n
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"I just think neither the doctors nor government are behaving right here. We need settlement – they need to meet in the middle for the sake of patients," Sodha concluded.<\/p>\n
Holly agreed with the sentiment, saying that patients are the ones missing out on vital treatment.<\/p>\n
Willoughby then told the story of a friend's partner who fell ill recently after his appointment was cancelled due to strikes.<\/p>\n
"I know somebody whose partner was meant to be having an operation and it got cancelled during one of the last strikes," Holly recalled.<\/p>\n
"And then – literally, last week, he had a stroke. He's in hospital, he's in a very, very bad way.<\/p>\n
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Holly then started to choke up and get emotional at the situation.<\/p>\n
"I think a lot of people say they sympathise with it. The problem is when you're watching a loved one go through something like that that potentially could have been avoided had that surgery happened when it was scheduled for the first time.<\/p>\n
"They might be in a completely different situation. It's very hard, it's very hard," she finished.<\/p>\n
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