Power cut off, woman dies

[Mrs Busa Pete]

I havn't read all this thread but my question is Why did the family not ring for an ambulance instead of waiting a couple of hours for her to die. She did not need to die call me a cynic but they are after compensation. They seen an easy way out for this lady who was only going to get worse and make some money at the same time.

Not taking away what the power company has done BUT



Note to self give up smoking


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[Edbear]

I havn't read all this thread but my question is Why did the family not ring for an ambulance instead of waiting a couple of hours for her to die. She did not need to die call me a cynic but they are after compensation. They seen an easy way out for this lady who was only going to get worse and make some money at the same time.

Not taking away what the power company has done BUT



Note to self give up smoking


ops didn't see above post

I agree, there are always two sides, but infortunately, and VERY significantly, society has "progressed" to where mob-mentality erupts as many don't bother to get the facts before forming the lynch mob! As legend has it, while they were stringing the fellow up the mob leader said, "If I'm wrong I'll apologise!" Notice how those who said they were waiting to get all the facts from all sides before taking any action were criticised, such as the Minister and the Manager of Mercury? A sad but all too typical and common occurance these days.

I also agree, you should quit smoking, it'll probably be about the hardest thing you'll ever do, but once you do, you'll be on top of the world! People I know who've achieved it are euphoric and can't believe it took them so long to make the decision!

Nice bike, too....

[ajturbo]

good to see that they have enough money to pay the lawyer...

[Maha]

I still want to know why the ambulance wasn't called.... i doesn't take 3hrs to ring 111... does it

I read in the Herald yesterday that the Mother said No....so they sung Hymns....

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I read in the Herald yesterday that the Mother said No....so they sung Hymns....

So obviously the family didn't really care then huh.

[James Deuce]

Based on personal experience of caring for someone on O2 in the home, I have some questions:

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...5&postcount=25

[Paul in NZ]

So obviously the family didn't really care then huh.

Its worse than that IMHO...

Its an evil that could destroy us all. Evil is not just doing bad things, hell we all do bad or inappropriate things at times but they become evil when we fail to acknowledge our action OR transfer the responsibility for the events to others.

I said earlier that stupidity killed this woman - I stand by that. Ignorance will kill you in the mountains, it will kill you on a motorcycle, it will kill you crossing a desert and it will kill you in the suburbs.

The evil is not recognising an error and wholesale transferring of the guilt to others. ALL to common... Its not my fault mate - they never told me, I didn't understand, he told me he loved me, hes a nice guy when hes sober, I didn't know it was loaded....

Edit

Helen Clarkes latest statement could be considered evil... Blaming one agency without considering if all other govt agencies should have acted better in this case. transference of blame = evil...

[roogazza]

Ambulance or Pizza ??????? hard choice ! G.

[Hitcher]

I also feel sorry for the contractor responsible for pulling the plug, as it were. I imagine that those guys hear every possible excuse under the sun for why they shouldn't cut people's power off: "I've got a roast in the oven", "I need to do my Internet banking", "The cheque's in the post", "My mother's on a nebuliser"...

Yeah, right.

[SpankMe]

I say if ya want to find out why the bill wasn't paid, go donate a few hundred dallors to the family, then stake out the local pokies.

[chris]

totally reliant (read, will die if it is turned off) on a machine to provide oxygen, that required power 24/7 without a back up power source available,

The machine wasn't a life support system. This seems to have been ignored by the rent-a-protestor.

[MisterD]

More useful information courtesy of Michael Laws, the lone voice in NZ media talking sense about this subject....I can't relay accurately the medical terminology for the condition that required the woman to use the oxygen machine but it translates as Too Fat to Breathe Properly

[MSTRS:Me]

Check out my siggy....says it all, really.

[SpankMe]

More useful information courtesy of Michael Laws, the lone voice in NZ media talking sense about this subject....I can't relay accurately the medical terminology for the condition that required the woman to use the oxygen machine but it translates as Too Fat to Breathe Properly

Yep, thats probably where all the money went, feeding her & her fat family. Poor people are skinny. That lot look too well feed to be poor.

[oldrider]

Have you heard the latest joke circulating the world?..........It's... "New Zealand"!