Thursday, April 06, 2006
Hospitals are dangerous places
I just saw a piece on Reuters' excellent "Oddly Enough" section about a group of Danish security guards who were fired after being caught stealing DVDs and toys from critically ill children at a Danish hospital.
It reminds me a of a story a few years ago that happened in SA, at a hospital in the Free State. Patients on life support in one room kept dying mysteriously, and they couldn't figure out why. Eventually, the truth came out: at night, the cleaner who cleaned that room would come in, unplug the life-support unit and plug in her vacuum cleaner, consigning the patient to oblivion. True story. (Actually, not - here's the Snopes debunking. But I did believe for many years that it was true.)
Also, on Oddly Enough: scientist posits that Jesus actually walked on ice.
It reminds me a of a story a few years ago that happened in SA, at a hospital in the Free State. Patients on life support in one room kept dying mysteriously, and they couldn't figure out why. Eventually, the truth came out: at night, the cleaner who cleaned that room would come in, unplug the life-support unit and plug in her vacuum cleaner, consigning the patient to oblivion. True story. (Actually, not - here's the Snopes debunking. But I did believe for many years that it was true.)
Also, on Oddly Enough: scientist posits that Jesus actually walked on ice.
