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- From: lcheap@cac.washington.edu (Laurel Cheap )
- Subject: Re: Tour of the Hospital - What questions to ask?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.210130.2468@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: UW Computing
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:01:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.211726.4573@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> cma@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (christine.m.dakes) writes:
- >
- >We are taking our tour on 12/5, and my number 1 question is:
- >
- > security!
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-
- The hospital where I delivered had recently opened a new maternity
- floor with all the trimmings. One of the best things they did was
- put in a security system for the babies just like the department
- stores. When Brendan was born, they put an ID tag on his wrist
- with the same number as mine and they also put a small device around
- his ankle. The ankle device sets off alarms if you pass beyond the
- maternity ward boundaries. I guess they put it around the ankle
- which is usually hidden under a blanket so that if someone tries to
- steal the baby, they don't notice it until it's too late. The
- nurse had to use a special device to remove it from Brendan's ankle
- when we left.
-
- The funny thing about this was that my mother was carrying Brendan
- when we went for a walk and we didn't notice the monitors at the
- end of the hallway. You guessed it, she set off the alarms and the
- nurses came running. Even though they knew us they still checked
- our ID's for matching numbers because that was the policy.
-
- I thought it was a good system since it allowed visitors to come and
- go without too much hassle.
-
- You're not alone, I was worried about that too (and still am until
- Brendan is old enough to "phone home").
-
- -Laurel
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- Laurel Cheap University of Washington lcheap@u.washington.edu
- Information Systems Seattle, Washington USA a.k.a. Brendan's mommy
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