Only obeying orders

I commented recently on how medicine as a profession contains within it’s ranks a fair share of lowlife. One particularly vile variety of medical scum in my view is the yesman. The doctor who will obey whatever instruction comes down the line from management, even when that means tossing any concept of ethics and morality out of the window. 

These types have always been around, Joseph Mengele being one of the most notorious examples. A slightly more recent example, this time from the 1950s can be found here. Just when you thought the reputation of the catholic church had bottomed out  you discover new, even darker depths to which they have sunk. But in this example the church was the employer, and the medical teams involved simply went ahead and did as they were told regardless of the blatantly unethical nature of what they were doing.

Bang up to date and there are clearly doctors today who are also walking in the footsteps of Mengele. Again here blind obedience to his employers caused him to totally and wilfully disregard the welfare of his patients.

Sometimes the best interests of patients are best served by standing up and saying no. How many of us have that courage?

Legal point

It might be thought that the photographer who took the picture in that last post might well have been himself the subject of police attention. We have all read stories of the police trying to stop pictures and film being taken by members of the public, quoting the “prevention of terrorism” act to justify their actions.

However if you do choose to take pictures of the boys in blue the legal position is quite clear.

If police use Section 44 of the Terrorism Act they are entitled to view any images you have taken but they are NOT allowed to delete them. They can only do so with a court order.

* Under Section 58a of the Terrorism Act, police are only allowed to stop a photographer taking pictures of officers if they reasonably suspect the photos are intended to be used in connection with terrorism.

Outrageous

A special date that passed me by was just a few days ago, on March 15. It was “International Day Against Police Brutality” It was a date that got very little coverage in the mainstream British media. Belatedly I have decided to highlight this day in view of something else that the media seem to have ignored.

Neurology?

This is stunning. For an insight into what the human mind can achieve in it's control over the body just watch the left hand of this amazing guy.

Wogan

Over the years I have seen a lot of changes, not just in the NHS but across the whole spectrum of life. But there have also been some constants. The Queen for example has been monarch for my entire life. 

Another constant has been Terry Wogan. He seems to have been there in the background for as long as I can remember. Sometimes just above my eyeline, sometimes just below but always there. It’s only lately that I have started to take much notice but I have to say he is growing on me.

Take this article for example. I was just about to comment on this latest health scare here on this blog. But Mr Wogan has beaten me to it and said everything I was going to say. 

Bastard! 

But absolutely right in every word.

More pareidolia

Yet another image supposedly of Jesus  has been reported in the DT, must be a slow day for real news. If you look at the image you can make out what appears to be a bearded man, but why does it have to be Jesus, and not just some hippie. And why would Jesus be lurking behind a stereo in Yorkshire. Looking at the image again, particularly the nose, it looks to me as if Jesus has advanced tertiary syphilis. 

The guy who found it does not seem to have taken it too seriously. Unlike some of the other idiots who have found similar images in various places he has not turned the wall into a shrine. He simply painted over it with two coats of emulsion.

Readers

Until yesterday my stats package has always shown the considerable majority of visitors to this blog were from the UK. Except for those occasions when I have attracted referrer spam. For the first time yesterday another country scored more views than the UK. So what is it that makes Zorro so popular in Norway?