Woman dies after ambulance delayed by sat nav fault
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2275632/Woman-dies-after-ambulance-delayed-by-sat-nav...
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East Midlands Ambulance Service has apologised for the delay in getting a seriously ill patient to hospital after the vehicle's sat nav packed up, and the driver (who was not from the area) got lost.
21-year-old Kay Gadsby, who had serious long-term health problems after becoming the first child ever to undergo a combined heart and kidney transplant 10 years ago, was collected by an ambulance within 15 minutes when she collapsed at her home, but the journey to hospital that should have taken 40 minutes took over an hour because of the sat nav's and then the driver's error.
The Telegraph reports that doctors do not believe that the delay contributed to Miss Gadsby's death, but her family said they would "never know".
Are we over-reliant on technology? Why are sat navs and similar gadgets replacing a good old map and a bit of local knowledge? And what does that mean for the kinds of skills that we're learning - and losing? If we don't need to do the jobs that technology (when its working) does for us, will we lose the ability completely?
21-year-old Kay Gadsby, who had serious long-term health problems after becoming the first child ever to undergo a combined heart and kidney transplant 10 years ago, was collected by an ambulance within 15 minutes when she collapsed at her home, but the journey to hospital that should have taken 40 minutes took over an hour because of the sat nav's and then the driver's error.
The Telegraph reports that doctors do not believe that the delay contributed to Miss Gadsby's death, but her family said they would "never know".
Are we over-reliant on technology? Why are sat navs and similar gadgets replacing a good old map and a bit of local knowledge? And what does that mean for the kinds of skills that we're learning - and losing? If we don't need to do the jobs that technology (when its working) does for us, will we lose the ability completely?
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