Computer Says The Government Can Take Your Eyes: Donor Horror
IN readiness for an election; in readiness for ID cards; in readiness for the webpage for every citizen; in readiness for the NHS computer megabeast on which all your details will be stored; in readiness for losing your data; the end of the world wrong information supplied over a decade by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to Britain’s donor register meants 20 people were stripped of organs they did not want to donate. Yep, they were dead, but the Government is working on that.
No ID: Fraudsters Need To Be Patient
If the poor can kill the fat and the fat can feeed the pensioners, then the computer will have worked .
The problem meant surgeons harvested the wrong organs from dead patients in about 20 cases.
But the specific choices of 800,000 people were accidentally deleted in 1999, when details held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency – which gathers requests for consent in driving licence applications – were transferred to the organ registry.
BBC:
Stephen Banks, 27, from Redditch, Worcestershire, was shocked to discover that upon his death, his eyes could be made available for donation – against his wishes.
An election looms. Vote now and vote as often as the computer says you can…
Posted: 11th, April 2010 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
