It's a few days before Xmas 2005, and this just came in...
============================================WHAT I PROPOSE HERE IS A DUPLICATE OF A CHALLENGE I DID BACK IN 1975. IT WAS NEVER PUBLISHED AS THE END RESULT WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TO HANDLE.
IN SHORT MY PROPOSAL WENT LIKE THIS: CHOOSE A HOSPITAL AND FROM 12 MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME FRIDAY NIGHT TO 12 MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT NO ONE WILL DIE. I INCLUDED EMERGENCY ROOM ADMISSIONS AS LONG AS THEWY WERE IN THE DOORS OF THE ER BY MIDNIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS NO ONE DIED IN THIS LARGE HOSPITAL BUT ONE MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY MORNING 12 PEOPLE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. THE REPORTER WAS ACTUALLY MAD THAT ALTHOUGH THE CHALLENGE WAS A SUCCESS HE COULD NOT HANDLE THE 12 DEATHS THAT OCCURRED AND SAID IT WOULD MAKE BAD PRESS. HE QUIT HIS JOB SOON AFTER THE TEST.
WHAT GOOD ABOUT THIS TEST IS THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE NOR DO YOU HAVE TO SEND ANYONE TO ME?
OUTSIDE THE TEST!
WHAT I WILL DO DIFFERENT THIS TIME IN AN ATTEMPT TO NOT HAVE PATIENTS SUDDENLY DIE ON MONDAY MORNING; I WILL STABILIZE PATIENTS IN THE TEST PERIOD FOR TWO MORE DAYS. THE DOCTORS WILL HAVE THIS EXTRA TIME TO DO THEIR THING. I WILL AVOID NEGATIVE PRESS AND HARD FEELINGS WITH THIS EXTRA TWO DAYS BONUS PERIOD.
I WOULD REQUEST THAT WHOEVER IS THE MONITOR OF THIS TEST SHOULD CONTACT ME DIRECTLY VIA PHONE, FAX OR EMAIL. MONITOR SHOULD HAVE PHYSICALLY WALKED INTO THIS HOSPITAL SO I HAVE A BETTER FIX ON THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE STRUCTURE. I WOULD PREFER A HOSPITAL IN EUROPE, BRITISH ISLES OR THE UNITED STATES. I WILL NEED THE NAME OF THE HOSPITAL AND ITS ADDRESS.
LIMITING THIS TEST TO ONE INDIVIDUALALLOWS PEOPLE TO RATIONALIZE AWAY ANY DRAMATIC RESULTS. BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
JIM DUNN, ST. CLOUD, FL.
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At Randi's request, I am asking this applicant some questions, noted in the following post.
============================================WHAT I PROPOSE HERE IS A DUPLICATE OF A CHALLENGE I DID BACK IN 1975. IT WAS NEVER PUBLISHED AS THE END RESULT WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER TO HANDLE.
IN SHORT MY PROPOSAL WENT LIKE THIS: CHOOSE A HOSPITAL AND FROM 12 MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME FRIDAY NIGHT TO 12 MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT NO ONE WILL DIE. I INCLUDED EMERGENCY ROOM ADMISSIONS AS LONG AS THEWY WERE IN THE DOORS OF THE ER BY MIDNIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENED WAS NO ONE DIED IN THIS LARGE HOSPITAL BUT ONE MINUTE AFTER MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY MORNING 12 PEOPLE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. THE REPORTER WAS ACTUALLY MAD THAT ALTHOUGH THE CHALLENGE WAS A SUCCESS HE COULD NOT HANDLE THE 12 DEATHS THAT OCCURRED AND SAID IT WOULD MAKE BAD PRESS. HE QUIT HIS JOB SOON AFTER THE TEST.
WHAT GOOD ABOUT THIS TEST IS THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE NOR DO YOU HAVE TO SEND ANYONE TO ME?
OUTSIDE THE TEST!
WHAT I WILL DO DIFFERENT THIS TIME IN AN ATTEMPT TO NOT HAVE PATIENTS SUDDENLY DIE ON MONDAY MORNING; I WILL STABILIZE PATIENTS IN THE TEST PERIOD FOR TWO MORE DAYS. THE DOCTORS WILL HAVE THIS EXTRA TIME TO DO THEIR THING. I WILL AVOID NEGATIVE PRESS AND HARD FEELINGS WITH THIS EXTRA TWO DAYS BONUS PERIOD.
I WOULD REQUEST THAT WHOEVER IS THE MONITOR OF THIS TEST SHOULD CONTACT ME DIRECTLY VIA PHONE, FAX OR EMAIL. MONITOR SHOULD HAVE PHYSICALLY WALKED INTO THIS HOSPITAL SO I HAVE A BETTER FIX ON THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF THE STRUCTURE. I WOULD PREFER A HOSPITAL IN EUROPE, BRITISH ISLES OR THE UNITED STATES. I WILL NEED THE NAME OF THE HOSPITAL AND ITS ADDRESS.
LIMITING THIS TEST TO ONE INDIVIDUALALLOWS PEOPLE TO RATIONALIZE AWAY ANY DRAMATIC RESULTS. BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
JIM DUNN, ST. CLOUD, FL.
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At Randi's request, I am asking this applicant some questions, noted in the following post.