To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (4539 ) 3/11/1999 10:13:00 PM From: C.K. Houston Read Replies (4) | Respond to
People die every day.What does that have to do with Y2K? CHEEKY KIDCLINICAL EQUIPMENT FAILS Y2K TESTS DESPITE VENDOR GUARANTEE OF COMPLIANCE ... "literally a matter of life or death"We've looked at six patient-controlled intravenous pumps and four weren't compliant ," says Andre Snoxall, manager of information systems at Taranaki Healthcare. "Two of these would have allowed the patient to double-dose if one dose were applied before midnight and one after. The other two do the same, and then they stop working altogether." Alarmingly, Snoxall says they still have eight more pumps to check. "We expect half of them fail as well." But the most disturbing aspect of this discovery is that Snoxall has a written statement from the manufacturer assuring him of the devices'year2000.co.nz compliance. Y2K BUG HITS MEDICAL DEVICES (CNN - January 12, 1999) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in the last days of 1998 that more than a dozen medical devices might not be able to accommodate the transition from Dec. 31, 1998, to Jan. 1, 1999. The devices include monitors, defibrillators and electrocardiogram recorders.cnn.com HOSPITAL SYSTEMS FAIL TEST FOR Y2K Almost a third of computer-related equipment in South Australian hospitals, including cardiac monitors and drug distribution systems, have failed the millennium bug test ... The potentially disastrous results have forced the State Government to boost funding by $19 million to combat the effect of the bug ...theaustralian.com.au CHEEKY KID to XO IF . There are so many 'What If's' in the world, you could drive yourself nuts thinking of all the possible scenarios."CHEEKY ... WHAT "IF" YOUR PARENTS HAD TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TESTS, CHEMOTHERAPY OR SURGERY OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO? Would you be so flippant? No concern?
