7/7 Inquest Reporting
This article entitled “Doctors truggled after 7/7 bomb” is almost unfair. It criticises the fact that no medical equipment was available outside the BMA, where the bomb was detonated on the number 30 bus.
Doctors at the British Medical Association struggled to treat victims of the 7/7 bus bombing because there was no medical equipment at their headquarters, the inquests have heard.
Instead they used table cloths, jackets and ties as bandages for the wounded.
The hearings were told the doctors utilised “bits of bus” including windows as makeshift stretchers.
So should we ask suicide bombers to explode their devices in approved places, where doctors, paramedics and equipment are all readily available?
I don’t know how I’d react in such a situation, but I suspect all those doctors who struggled, are now much better doctors!
The King’s Speech
I went to see this film last night and it is one not to be missed.
The publicity described Lionel Logue as a controversial speech therapist, but although I know little about the field, a lot of what he said to the King would now be considered main stream. For instance, in the film, Logue suggests that the King’s problems are routed in how he was treated as a child. This would be something that would be accepted by many people today.
I have only the vaguest memories of George VI, as he died when I was six. I have read an excellent biography, which I seem to remember doesn’t mention Logue at all. I think, when the history o the British monarchy is written in a couple of hundred years time, George VI will be ranked as one of our best. Especially, as he overcame his difficulties to be a much-needed wartime inspiration. We probably wouldn’t be here now, if his dreadful brother had been king at the time.
The Anonymous Widower 