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Doctors and nurses at a Black Country hospital will be made to wear electronic tags in order to track their movements at work and also check that they are washing their hands, it was revealed today. Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital has been chosen to pilot the electronic tagging system that can track patients, staff and equipment around wards. The new system, called Safe Hands, uses sensor technology in badges worn by staff as well as being attached to selected bits of equipment. The tags trigger sensors that show their location. The hospital is one of eight trusts in the UK chosen by the Department of Health to pilot the scheme. It will be rolled out over the coming months and has caused controversy among some workers. One member of staff at the hospital who didn’t wish to be named said: “The hospital says they want to check staff wash their hands but they also want to see what the staff are doing. Is this right?”
Originally posted by Grey Magic
reply to post by lightchild
no one will mark my body as property.
and I think if you could put a poll on the web, that more people would choose NO than you seem to expect.
most people might be brainwashed, but with the current open corruption of governments they are waking up in large numbers.
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.
Originally posted by Grey Magic
trust me on this one
It will NOT happen.
Not ever.
as long as there are brilliant hackers around I don't worry about technology enslaving us with implanted chips.
RFID has already proved itself as able to fail.
and WE would refuse it the hard way if they ever would try.
[edit on 5-6-2009 by Grey Magic]