Monday, March 19, 2007
empty vessels: big noise
Did you know that "A HOSPITAL blunder led to patients being exposed to a potentially infectious disease yesterday"???
And what, you may ask, was this frightening 'disease'?
"A patient with chickenpox was mistakenly sent into a room full of other patients at Salmaniya Medical Complex."
But before you die (of laughter) - don't worry, "it is understood that the man had a mild case of the disease and that it was unlikely others were infected."
And in future if you're wondering why the issues of bed shortages / overcrowdedness of public health centres / overworked and underpaid doctors and nurses are not being addressed, now you know that Health Ministry officials are otherwise busy:
"Health Ministry officials confirmed yesterday that an investigation had been launched into the incident."
And what, you may ask, was this frightening 'disease'?
"A patient with chickenpox was mistakenly sent into a room full of other patients at Salmaniya Medical Complex."
But before you die (of laughter) - don't worry, "it is understood that the man had a mild case of the disease and that it was unlikely others were infected."
And in future if you're wondering why the issues of bed shortages / overcrowdedness of public health centres / overworked and underpaid doctors and nurses are not being addressed, now you know that Health Ministry officials are otherwise busy:
"Health Ministry officials confirmed yesterday that an investigation had been launched into the incident."
