BWBlackett Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Ambulance sent off course by GPS A London Ambulance crew was sent 200 miles to Manchester by a faulty satellite navigation system while transferring a patient to hospital. The team were supposed to take the man from King George Hospital in Ilford to Mascalls Park Hospital in Brentwood. But they did not realise their equipment was faulty until the reached the outskirts of Manchester. BBC News Quote Link to comment
Red Squadron Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 But they did not realise their equipment was faulty until the reached the outskirts of Manchester. BBC News I respect Ambulance crews, they do a magnificent job. But I hope I dont rely on this crew to take me to Hospital in an emergency, or any of my family. What a disgraceful episode. I assume they have enough brains to realise after the first 10 miles that they havent reached their destination. I am talking about the driver not the chaps in the back of the Ambulance. Can the driver not read road signs ? Amazing stupidity ! He will be sacked of course...wont he ? Hmmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment
SNAKEBITER Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I would have thought that after a few miles the alarm bells would have rung! Quote Link to comment
+TheRoundings Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I hope that the only expaination for this is that the crew had never heard of this hospital nor had any idea where in the country it was. They must have then relied completely on the satnav database to tell them which way to go. I wonder which satnav it was. Quote Link to comment
+Jaz666 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Yet another "lets ignore the real issue and have a cheap-pop at Sat Nav" story. Quote Link to comment
+fat bloke Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I haven't got lost but if I get questioned buy an angry farmer or land owner I've BEEN! A council bench seat inspector. A telegraph pole inspector. A yeb line inspector. A Tom Tom MAPPER "OFFICAL" A lost person "Oooop's sorry" NEVER lost NO never, One thing I have learned whilst caching is "FOLLOW THE PATH" not the GPS that's lost Quote Link to comment
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