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Frankly, when I was in hospital 10 years ago, I would have paid good money for those in neighbouring beds to turn off their sets. Particularly after 9pm.
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« Reply #5941 on: 15:34:21, 24-05-2008 » |
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Those direct to the bed telephone calls are phenomenally expensive as well. It costs a fortune to be ill in comfort these days.
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« Reply #5942 on: 16:18:14, 24-05-2008 » |
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My grumpy rant today is that I have to go to a concert tonight because a friend is in it - Rutter Requiem and Bernstein Chichester Psalms, not a programme I would choose to go to normally. My only comfort is that a boy treble I know to be very good is singing the solo in the Bernstein. Although I have been forced to sing the Rutter myself in the past, I can't remember whether it has a solo in it or not. A mightily forgettable piece as far as I'm concerned.
Hospital parking - my son took a friend to A&E somewhere in London, because they couldn't get an answer from NHS Direct, and was astonished to find he had to pay some exorbitant amount to park. He is still wondering what would have happened if he hadn't had the money on him.
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« Reply #5943 on: 16:58:26, 24-05-2008 » |
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Hospital car parking fees!!! Now there's a great topic for debate there!! They are very discouraging for being patient freindly, as far as i am concerned!!!
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« Reply #5944 on: 18:00:00, 24-05-2008 » |
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Hospital car parking fees!!! Now there's a great topic for debate there!! They are very discouraging for being patient freindly, as far as i am concerned!!!
I don't see that there's anything to debate, bbm: it is an unnecessary and mean policy and, as Antheil says, disdained by the civilised Welsh. |
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« Reply #5946 on: 18:34:48, 24-05-2008 » |
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- while of course the hospital maintains the fiction that mobiles will interfere with equipment.
Pure profiteering.
Is this actually true? Does anyone know? If it is a 'fiction' that mobiles interfere with equipment, then this is surely criminal, or an infringement of civil liberties or something (as well as gross profiteering). |
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« Reply #5947 on: 18:49:27, 24-05-2008 » |
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- while of course the hospital maintains the fiction that mobiles will interfere with equipment.
Pure profiteering.
Is this actually true? Does anyone know? If it is a 'fiction' that mobiles interfere with equipment, then this is surely criminal, or an infringement of civil liberties or something (as well as gross profiteering). In most areas of a hospital - and certainly on general wards - a modern GPRS phone, which emits minuscule amounts of radiation (certainly compared with the brick-sized analogue phones people carried around a few years ago), poses no risk whatsoever. In certain areas such as intensive care units where there is a lot of sensitive equipment there is a potential risk, but this is apparently manageable. Ultimately it is down to the hospital to set policy. More information: http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/2008/hospital_mobile_phone_blanket_bans_criticised |
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At every one of these [classical] concerts in England you will find rows of weary people who are there, not because they really like classical music, but because they think they ought to like it. (Shaw, Don Juan in Hell)
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Morticia
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« Reply #5948 on: 18:52:01, 24-05-2008 » |
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- while of course the hospital maintains the fiction that mobiles will interfere with equipment.
Pure profiteering.
Is this actually true? Does anyone know? If it is a 'fiction' that mobiles interfere with equipment, then this is surely criminal, or an infringement of civil liberties or something (as well as gross profiteering). The insistence that mobiles be switched off in hospitals appears to be aimed at patients and visitors. Not staff. Medical and nursing staff make calls on mobile phones. In fact a doc did tell me that mobiles do not affect equipment. Having said that, the policy seems to vary from hospital to hospital. |
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« Reply #5949 on: 19:01:43, 24-05-2008 » |
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I don't see that there's anything to debate, bbm: it is an unnecessary and mean policy and, as Antheil says, disdained by the civilised Welsh. [/quote] mean policy and, as Antheil says, disdained by the civilised Welsh.
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THE WELSH ARE DESCRIBED AS CIVILISED!
Can I ever live this down? Will I have to abandon Cymru and renounce the Mabinogion and Dylan Thomas?
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« Reply #5950 on: 19:39:35, 24-05-2008 » |
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THE WELSH ARE DESCRIBED AS CIVILISED!
There are always exceptions of course Miss Beynon. |
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« Reply #5951 on: 19:55:03, 24-05-2008 » |
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To paraphrase the old Gandhi anecdote, "What do yo think of Welsh civilization, Mr. Gandih?", "Oh, I think it would be an excellent idea."
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THE WELSH ARE DESCRIBED AS CIVILISED!
There are always exceptions of course Miss Beynon. Lord Abertawe, I am about to open the brown paper bag which will disclose a ginger haired gentleman! Did you know, in the 1950s Under Milk Wood, Gossamer Beynon's rouged nipples were censored? Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard objected, it was said. You know, if we ever had a contest about Cwmdonkin Drive I might win, coming from Bridgend. Where the Asylum is. Oh those Welsh, laugh a minnit, innit? |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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« Reply #5953 on: 21:52:24, 24-05-2008 » |
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- while of course the hospital maintains the fiction that mobiles will interfere with equipment.
Pure profiteering.
Unless something changed while I wasn't looking, it has been illegal (at least in the USA) to operate a cellphone (i.e. moby) on an aeroplane in flight, simply because of the risk of adverse effect on the equipment on board. Something that was highlighted when the "Mythbusters" show wanted to test the basis for the prohibition. Is this actually true? Does anyone know? If it is a 'fiction' that mobiles interfere with equipment, then this is surely criminal, or an infringement of civil liberties or something (as well as gross profiteering). |
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« Reply #5954 on: 21:56:55, 24-05-2008 » |
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Not sure if it's true KB but my phone has a mechanism which switches off the transmitter - it means that I can use the mp3 playing function of it without it interfering with navigation beacons and so on when on a plane. Working backwards from this, I assume that it must be true!
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