Dear All
Medicine isn’t an exact science, when I was at University of Glasgow, one of the medics told me a story about how he was treating a guy on his last legs who he thought had expired in the presence of the family.
As best as he could he said “that’s it he’s gone”.
To add insult to injury the old guy groaned during his speech, the family sitting, just looked at him, he was still alive.
The Doc didn’t know where to look.
Over in sunny Poland, Jozef Guzy collapsed at work of a suspected heart attack. An ambulance was called and an experienced doctor declared that the 76-year-old had died.
Three hours later, up pops the undertaker to take Mr Guzy's body away in a coffin.
No heartbeat, not breathing and the body had cooled; all characteristics of death.
As the undertaker fiddled with his watch chain, he touched Mr Guzy's neck and low and behold detected a pulse.
The ambulance was called again and the same doctor returned to confirm the pensioner had 'come back from the dead'.
For Jozef Guzy it was a happy escape, I wonder if he does the lottery!
So, happy faces all round and moral of the story, don’t be so keen to box people up too quick.
They might just climb out of their coffin and scare the hell out of you!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Medicine isn’t an exact science, when I was at University of Glasgow, one of the medics told me a story about how he was treating a guy on his last legs who he thought had expired in the presence of the family.
As best as he could he said “that’s it he’s gone”.
To add insult to injury the old guy groaned during his speech, the family sitting, just looked at him, he was still alive.
The Doc didn’t know where to look.
Over in sunny Poland, Jozef Guzy collapsed at work of a suspected heart attack. An ambulance was called and an experienced doctor declared that the 76-year-old had died.
Three hours later, up pops the undertaker to take Mr Guzy's body away in a coffin.
No heartbeat, not breathing and the body had cooled; all characteristics of death.
As the undertaker fiddled with his watch chain, he touched Mr Guzy's neck and low and behold detected a pulse.
The ambulance was called again and the same doctor returned to confirm the pensioner had 'come back from the dead'.
For Jozef Guzy it was a happy escape, I wonder if he does the lottery!
So, happy faces all round and moral of the story, don’t be so keen to box people up too quick.
They might just climb out of their coffin and scare the hell out of you!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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