Medical Staff Suspended for Lying Down
September 16, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Across the Pond, Cute Rx, Extreme
Have you come across the Lying Down Game?
It’s the latest bizarre internet phenomenon that’s sweeping the world, causing people to, well, basically, lie down in the strangest places, including the engine of a jumbo jet (engine off, on the ground)
There’s only one rule – you must have your palms flat against their sides and tips of your toes touching the ground.
No place is out of bounds. And the more public the better. Pictures posted on the Facebook site have people lying down in front of tanks, on roads, on roofs…
In one British hospital, the medical staff on night shift in the Emergency war laid down on the floors, the resuscitation trolley, and the hospitals helipad. Hospital management were not amused. Seven of the 18 staff who participated and posted pictures to the Lying Down Game website were suspended for having apparently “breached health and safety and infection control regulations.’
Obviously, the hospital didn’t find it at all funny. But to suspend the staff – that’s really a bit of overkill if you ask me.
What do you think?
