monkimagic
30th September 2005, 11:02 PM
I know this is not the place for this but it is important. read and forward if you can
Monkimagic:(
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Friends,
This message is serious and has been passed to us from Cheshire RFU.
Could you please cascade as quickly as possible as this came through our NHS
web page.
For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in the odeon cinema, Festival
Park, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up
to see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an
attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV".
The Centres for Disease Control in Birmingham, reports similar events have
taken place in several other cities recently.
ALL of the needles tested HAVE been found positive for HIV. The CDC also
reports that needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay phones
and coke machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme caution when confronted
with these types of situations. All public chairs should be thoroughly but
safely inspected prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is
considered the bare minimum. Further more, they ask that everyone notify
their family members and friends of the potential dangers, as well.
The previous information was sent from hanley police station to all of the
local councils in the Staffs area and was interdepartmentally dispersed.
We were all asked to pass this to as many people as possible."
Julie Gibbons
Intermediate Care
Tudor Court
Rochdale PCT
PS: the girl is awaiting test but the needle had been infected with HIV.
Monkimagic:(
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Friends,
This message is serious and has been passed to us from Cheshire RFU.
Could you please cascade as quickly as possible as this came through our NHS
web page.
For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in the odeon cinema, Festival
Park, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up
to see what it was, a needle was found poking through the seat with an
attached note saying, "you have been infected with HIV".
The Centres for Disease Control in Birmingham, reports similar events have
taken place in several other cities recently.
ALL of the needles tested HAVE been found positive for HIV. The CDC also
reports that needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay phones
and coke machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme caution when confronted
with these types of situations. All public chairs should be thoroughly but
safely inspected prior to any use. A thorough visual inspection is
considered the bare minimum. Further more, they ask that everyone notify
their family members and friends of the potential dangers, as well.
The previous information was sent from hanley police station to all of the
local councils in the Staffs area and was interdepartmentally dispersed.
We were all asked to pass this to as many people as possible."
Julie Gibbons
Intermediate Care
Tudor Court
Rochdale PCT
PS: the girl is awaiting test but the needle had been infected with HIV.