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	<title>Comments on: Hospital Chaplains again</title>
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		<title>By: David McKnight</title>
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		<dc:creator>David McKnight</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The following is the most up to date e-mail in an exchange between Malcom Dodd a member of the National Secular Society and a Hospital trust. It is NOT a hospital local to Berkshire but the problem is nationwide. It is published in the NSS Newsletter &#039;Newsline&#039; of the 10th Dec 09.

From Malcolm Dodd to Sylvia Knight [chief nurse United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust].,

I am still awaiting a response to my email. I will now make clear the reason that I was shocked to discover (two weeks ago) the huge amount of money being spent on clergy, a service that should be provided free-of-cost to the Trust by the wealthy C of E.

On 17 December 2004 at approximately 1700 my wife, Sally Dodd, was admitted by ambulance to the Grantham A &amp; E in an unconscious state. It was admitted by your staff that she required a CT scan, no radiographer was available to carry this out. Sally&#039;s indications were then misdiagnosed as meningitis, I was informed that her condition was serious and that she could die. 

I was given the use of a private room just off A &amp; E waiting; whilst there I was approached by a cleric who asked if I needed some help, I informed him that the only help required was for my wife from the medical staff. After a considerable time, my wife (who had a further fit episode) was then diagnosed as having a brain haemorrhage and was transferred to Queens Medical. Sally died on 22 December.

Little did I realize at the time that the cleric I met may very well have been the person who had used up the resources that should have been spent on providing the staff to carry out the urgent CT scan required by my wife. Now try to justify to me and your users the £317,000 plus that inevitably results in the reduction of medical provision.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following is the most up to date e-mail in an exchange between Malcom Dodd a member of the National Secular Society and a Hospital trust. It is NOT a hospital local to Berkshire but the problem is nationwide. It is published in the NSS Newsletter &#8216;Newsline&#8217; of the 10th Dec 09.</p>
<p>From Malcolm Dodd to Sylvia Knight [chief nurse United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust].,</p>
<p>I am still awaiting a response to my email. I will now make clear the reason that I was shocked to discover (two weeks ago) the huge amount of money being spent on clergy, a service that should be provided free-of-cost to the Trust by the wealthy C of E.</p>
<p>On 17 December 2004 at approximately 1700 my wife, Sally Dodd, was admitted by ambulance to the Grantham A &#038; E in an unconscious state. It was admitted by your staff that she required a CT scan, no radiographer was available to carry this out. Sally&#8217;s indications were then misdiagnosed as meningitis, I was informed that her condition was serious and that she could die. </p>
<p>I was given the use of a private room just off A &#038; E waiting; whilst there I was approached by a cleric who asked if I needed some help, I informed him that the only help required was for my wife from the medical staff. After a considerable time, my wife (who had a further fit episode) was then diagnosed as having a brain haemorrhage and was transferred to Queens Medical. Sally died on 22 December.</p>
<p>Little did I realize at the time that the cleric I met may very well have been the person who had used up the resources that should have been spent on providing the staff to carry out the urgent CT scan required by my wife. Now try to justify to me and your users the £317,000 plus that inevitably results in the reduction of medical provision.</p>
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		<title>By: Rob A</title>
		<link>http://www.berkshirehumanists.org.uk/?p=2069&#038;cpage=1#comment-894</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob A</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see the Royal Berks need to save £40 million. I wonder what will be cut first?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/8385745.stm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see the Royal Berks need to save £40 million. I wonder what will be cut first?</p>
<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/8385745.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/8385745.stm</a></p>
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		<title>By: RAJINDER NIJJHAR</title>
		<link>http://www.berkshirehumanists.org.uk/?p=2069&#038;cpage=1#comment-795</link>
		<dc:creator>RAJINDER NIJJHAR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi,

These Parish Priests and other religious Priests they are psychic working for Mammon and not for God.  They are hypocrites but serve the purpose for the spiritually blind people.

How could a Priest working for Mammon serve God?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi,</p>
<p>These Parish Priests and other religious Priests they are psychic working for Mammon and not for God.  They are hypocrites but serve the purpose for the spiritually blind people.</p>
<p>How could a Priest working for Mammon serve God?</p>
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