tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post4764669887140073073..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: "Shattered... gutted.... heartbroken..."Macheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-32001048304144010282012-12-11T11:42:36.944+00:002012-12-11T11:42:36.944+00:00Demetrius, the tendency to treat the royal family ...Demetrius, the tendency to treat the royal family as zoo animals means that there is likely to be little respite from the media. I feel desperately sorry for them - even before the death of Nurse Saldanha, the media frenzy over the hoax must have been a very unwelcome intrusion.<br /><br />I have every sympathy for the Duchess; I can vouch at first hand for the debilitating effects of hyperemesis, which is difficult enough to cope with on its own.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-13644485591374338262012-12-10T19:02:09.298+00:002012-12-10T19:02:09.298+00:00As Julia says ...As Julia says ...James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-50272499561795787132012-12-10T17:11:34.993+00:002012-12-10T17:11:34.993+00:00The Duchess had a very rough time with a potential...The Duchess had a very rough time with a potentially very dangerous condition. One can only imagine the effect on her nearest. Not something for silly pranks. Also, the Mail and The Independent both had very tasteless cartoons.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-65479326643469607192012-12-10T13:48:16.020+00:002012-12-10T13:48:16.020+00:00True, Julia; as well criticise a dog for sniffing ...True, Julia; as well criticise a dog for sniffing lampposts - it's just the nature of the beast.<br /><br />But it's an interesting modern analogy to living and dying by the sword; the mass denunciation on twitter is the obverse of their own use of the medium to celebrate their exploitation of the nurses' goodwill.<br />Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-18885304608573676752012-12-10T13:25:22.713+00:002012-12-10T13:25:22.713+00:00Immaturity..? In two deejays, you say?! Unthinkabl...Immaturity..? In two deejays, you say?! Unthinkable! <br /><br />;)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-14428562373543478722012-12-10T11:58:13.173+00:002012-12-10T11:58:13.173+00:00PM, good point; though it's surely not impossi...PM, good point; though it's surely not impossible that even a Japanese hospital might inadvertently lower its guard at times of day when it would be reasonable to expect only emergency calls coming in.<br /><br />I've rephrased the paragraph slightly to emphasis the idea of what the consequences would be were such a call to get through. <br /><br />The 'unfortunate fools' as you so accurately describe them, lacked any sense of what their activities might lead in terms of disciplinary action against the nurses - what I find unpleasant is their blatant triumphalism afterwards at having duped two honest and well-meaning professionals.<br /><br />Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-90887815014948065172012-12-10T11:35:00.342+00:002012-12-10T11:35:00.342+00:00"what would have been the result of such a ca..."what would have been the result of such a call being taken in the Tokyo hospital supervising the pregnancy of Japan's Crown Princess?"<br /><br />I imagine that the hospital would have taken some elementary precaution to check that the person calling was in fact who they claimed to be - like, for instance, looking at the incoming caller number: HM probably doesn't call from an Australian code.<br /><br />And that is why, in fact, these unfortunate fools should not be blamed for this debacle; such astonishing lack of control, process or forethought at a hospital treating such a patient is, well, astonishing.<br />Peter MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554166005487231094noreply@blogger.com