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An angry student doctor has unleashed an epic rant about Boris Johnson's visit to Addenbrooke's.

Julia Simons, 23, said that no one in the hospital even knew the Prime Minister was coming, and she only found after ending up on a corridor he was walking down.

Julia attempted to ask Boris a question but was allegedly told she couldn't by a security guard.

Talking to Cambridgeshire Live, Julia said: "No one here was informed that he was even coming. I was in a corridor that he was about to come down. I asked a security guard if I could ask a question but he said 'absolutely not'.

"So I was just waiting in the corridor for a while waiting for him to come through, and I had a bit of time to think. I thought if he using coming to the hospital as a PR opportunity why couldn't I ask him a question. You know the freedom of speech.

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"I asked him 'as a future doctor' what guarantees can you give me that the system that I work in will have drug accessibility?' and I asked 'how will you prevent the climate crisis that is currently being allowed to continue under your government?"

"When he came past I tried asking but I was pushed away and I wasn't allowed to ask.

"It's just cowardly, he knows he won't get a warm reception. He can't actually talk to the people who work here, he won't have an open discussion.

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"This whole visit has been completely controlled. I went into the canteen afterwards and people didn't even know he was here.

"I can see why you wouldn't make this a huge event for security reasons, but does he really not trust senior medical staff?

"People who work in this hospital know the reality of cuts.

"I'm a medical student I don't know the reality of cuts in the way they do and they were really angry he is here for a PR stunt because we know what cuts have done to our NHS, we know the NHS is being privatised even if it's not explained in explicit terms.

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"Boris Johnson was scared to be asked questions by the general public because he knows that what he's done is indefensible when you look at the reality of waiting times, when you look at the reality of people not getting that treatment when they need it not because of poor medical care but because of cuts that prevent it from happening.

"We weren't told he was coming and I think that's a really big sign because as a Prime Minister you should be proud of how you're leading your country. We were told we weren't allowed to know he was here.

"I happened to be in that place at that time so most of the staff had no idea he was here. It was very much a 'through the backdoor' affair."