[Assam] Electronic Shield for Life-Support System in Hospitals & elsewhere

[Himendra Thakur]

To
Shri Atul C. Barua
Dear Barua,
Thanks for this warning. I urge everyone to listen to this warning. However, we should also urge the hospitals to develop an electronic shield to protect the life-support system. A life-support system must be able to support its own life. No matter how many appeals we make, there are millions of cell-phones --- thousands of people lurking around with their cell-phones near hospital buldings located in busy downtowns like our Mass General Hospital in downtown Boston. It is difficult to predict and eliminate human error. All engineering designs must include the factor of human error.

I congratulate you for your appeal and your thoughtful concern. Concern for everybody (lokasangraha) is the triumph of human consciousness. I thank you for this.
 
With the best,
Himendra
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: A.c. Barua Barua 
To: Himendra Thakur ; bikas bora ; rashmib at bu.edu ; Barua, Amarjyoti (GE, Corporate) 
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 3:57 AM


Hello!,
>>  Please forward this to as may people you know.
>>
>>  This real incident that happened in a local hospital in Bangalore.
>>  A four year old girl was admitted due to leg fracture.  As it was an 
>>open fracture, she had
>>  to undergo an operation to stitch the protruding bone back in place.
>>Though it was quite a
>>  minor operation she was hooked onto a life support system, as part of 
>>the process.  The
>>  Doctors had to input some data prior to the operation to suit different
>>conditions.
>>  Thereafter, the operation proceeded.  Half way through the process, the 
>>life support
>>  system went dead.
>>
>>  The culprit : "Someone was using his / her Mobile phone outside
>>  the operation theatre, and the frequency had affected the life support 
>>system.
>>  The little girl, young and innocent as she was, died soon after.  Sad
>>to say that
>>  she was the only child.
>>
>>  MESSAGE : Be compassionate !!  Please Do Not Use Your Mobiles 
>>Especially At Any
>>  Hospitals, Or Within The Aircraft, Or Any Places Where You Are Told Not
>>To Use It.
>>  You might not be caught in the act, but you might have killed somebody
>>without
>>  knowing.
>>
>>  Sometimes it is a matter of Life & Death ..... !!!!!
>>
>>  Please pass this message to as many people, since most of us are just
>>not aware of 
>>  the seriousness of this issue.
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