Yep. It's true.
My son was "Chipped" with an RFID anklet at birth, just overt a month ago. And my wife also got a wristband ... as did I.
But, we both took off our wristbands when we were dismissed from the hospital (as most people do) and the nurses cut off the anklet when my newborn
son was released. I'm sure it went right back on another newborn.
The device worked great, too.
That is: if someone were to take my son from the ward, alarms would sound all over the maternity wing of the hospital.
Expectant fathers were repeatedly told never to carry their newborn past a certain point that was clearly marked. But, alas there was one father who,
in his absent-minded long night after labor, did carry his child passed the nursery and alarms sounded for about 30 seconds before it was shut off.
I'm glad the technology was there to protect my family. It would really suck if someone were to walk into the ward and just snatch up my son and
disappear. Or if by freak occurrence another child that looked similar to another were to get mixed up. Who could ever forgive any parent who didn't
notice that ... but, it's happened before.
But, there was certainly no "chipping" going on.
Most modern hospitals utilize this new method to ease the minds of expectant parents. Take a tour of your local hospital.
Chances are they are RFIDing newborns and wrist banding mothers and fathers for easy and accurate identification ... until they're release.
[edit on 17-10-2009 by tyranny22]
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Congratulations to you and your wife. I hope you are enjoying Fatherhood.
Thank you for your reply; but this is how it will start.
What if they implement a similar system for pre school / nursery or even day care. This would be a good idea to prevent any children wandering off or
been kidnapped.
But it's difficult to remember to keep putting a bracelet on and off, so why not leave it on all the time? Well at least during term time.
Wouldn't it be great at the office if the doors recognised you coming instead of having to swipe locks with cards?
But what if someone steals your card or you lose it?
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