D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] Raspberry Pi Ventilator

 

On 14/04/20 10:53, Henry Bremridge wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 10:26:29AM +0100, Giles Coochey wrote:
>  
>> To give an indication of the situation, the doctors came to us and said,
>> "your father needs a transfusion", we said fine, and had an awkward moment,
>> the thing is they didn't have the blood, and wouldn't source it themselves,
>> so they lent us a cool-bag with an ice pack and we had to go round the city
>> to go and find and buy human blood for the transfusion. We did find a couple
>> of pints at the red cross, as it happened, they had four matching his blood
>> type, but would only sell us two, despite us trying to barter and haggle.
>> $USD50 per pint, in case you are wondering.
>>
> I am told the situation in India is similar. As such I would imagine it to 
> be common across a wide section of the globe.
>
>
>
>
I was having a comparable 'discussion' with a local 'gentleman' about
fabric face masks vs. the "professional" ones. ...

Ok, so the location is different, but the argument is much the same. I
think the point was totally lost on him though ... -shrug-

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature

-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq