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Well apparently Lady Diana is still dead, but in other news...

The real story about the story I wrote about yesterday.

It seems that the thermostatic control that regulates the bathwater in the victim's bath failed and she was so badly burned that she didn't recover from it. The two nurses that were supposed to supervise her (Between them) at all times have been relieved of duty pending an investigation, and all the other residents have now been moved elsewhere while they check out all the rest of the plumbing.

I don't know how many inhabitants there were in the home, but I'm betting that they don't have one carer each, let alone two, so I'm also thinking that these nurses were probaly overworked, undervalued, and underpaid, and had no reason to suspect that the thermostat was faulty, but I'm still a little concerned that a patient in the bath wasn't being supervised.

I suppose the good side of this is that it happens so infrequently that it made the national news, but it's a pretty horrible thought, someone dying in such an unpleasant fashion only a few yards from where all I've got to complain about is the quality of the drinking water.

Which reminds me of the water filter that stopped working when I was filtering the white water. I finally got it working by 'burping' it. It had clogged up with bubbles. I bumped it lightly a couple of times and it broke wind, then went back to work.

I hope it wasn't the same bubbles that fragged the thermometer.

I've nearly been on TV, I have.All the un of the fair.

Comments

Lois 5. September 2007, 14:37

How very sad. To have to be in a facility like that in the first place can't be pleasant, then to die like that - it makes us realize we don't have much to complain about.

Deke 6. September 2007, 20:04

Yeah. I went to see the physio this morning, and I couldn't help thinking what a lucky little barbarian I am that all I really have to complain about is the sole coming loose on my sandals on the way there.

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