__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 13 January 2007 19:56 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> NHS Direct all better
>>
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>>| NHS Direct is back online this afternoon after going on the sick
>>| with a server error earlier today.
>>|
>>| According to Netcraft, the Windows 2000 server at the bargain
>>| basement hypochondriac magnet modern, accessible public healthcare
>>| resource was rebooted today. See here.
>>|
>>| Whatever malady did for the box, it was "unexpected", as the message
>>| on the site explained for most of today.
>>|
>>| NHS Direct was unavailable for comment at time of writing.
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/10/nhsdirect_back/
>>
>
> When are people going to realise that putting lives at risk by using
> Windows for anything related to health and safety is just really stupid.
But wait. It gets worse.
CfH refutes computer failure claims
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| "Very often they are not major incidents as such, but could be caused when
| a patient administration system is running slow or there may be problems
| with the local network. The severity level is attributed by the user and
| this is subsequently very often down graded or amended."
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| Many of the incidents that have been reported by CfH include failure of
| the systems used by surgeons to see X-ray pictures on a computer screen
| in wards and operating theatres. On some occasions the system is believed
| to have crashed during an operation, forcing surgeons to suspend the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| procedure while a hard copy of the X-ray is found.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/cfh_defends_itself/
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