Medical privacy

[David Hansen]

On 1 Sep 2001 at 22:28, Ross Anderson wrote:

> another young mum a couple of days ago who wasn't allowed to leave, as
> the official designated for signing off on all this authoritarian guff
> was absent.)

How could the hospital stop her from leaving? Perhaps a Jack Straw psychologist declaring her 
to be a danger to her baby.

I wonder what would have happened had you taken the baby away by something other than a 
car? Perhaps the hospital would have objected?

It's interesting to see that the medical lot remain as arrogant as ever, despite telling us otherwise.

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