"It is just political correctness gone crackers."

February 5, 2007

Privacy laws in the UK angers this patient. He wants his name displayed above his hospital bed:

“The nurse came round and rubbed everyone’s names off. When we asked what was going on they said it was for patient confidentiality.

“I even said I was happy for them to leave my name up,” said Mr Rattigan.

“When doctors, physios and people taking blood came to the ward they stood in the middle scratching their heads until a nurse told them where anyone was.

“It is absurd.”





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