I was working at the UK's celebrated Stafforshire Hospital complex recently when I realised that one of the overseers at the MTX plant was suffering f rom Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.
The office he uses is immediately above the diesel powered generator and wh en you enter the office to sign in or out etc., you are immediately aware t hat the fuel isn't burning correctly.
Well I fell out with the gentleman concerned and the inevitable happened. A few minutes ago I came across an article on HVAC that said that Carbon Mon oxide can alter your perception of time (which goes some way to explain a l ot of his behaviour) the thing is that I don't see him getting the generato r fixed. The job is coming to an end and I doubt it will be repaired when t he machine oiis moved for use elsewhere.
Going by the shabby state of things being run by someone in that state of h ealth, the toilet facilities for example (I would have thought an hospital wouldn't allow things like that but of course these days with third and fou rth party controls it is difficult for health and safety departments to kee p up to speed (It probably explains why increasing legislation is so necess ary, too.))
"The primary health concerns associated with carbon monoxide exposure are i ts cardiovascular and neurobehavioral effects. Carbon monoxide can cause at herosclerosis (the hardening of arteries) and can also trigger heart attack s. Neurologically, carbon monoxide exposure reduces hand to eye coordinatio n, vigilance, and continuous performance. It can also affect time discrimin ation."
This sounds like I am trying to get even with the man I fell out with but r eally I am past that stage of upset. I don't wish to ruin his future with t he company. They do state on their website that they will retrain people wh o need it.
Something nasty is going to happen with the way he is allowed to run things if he gets sited near the exhaust of that thing on his next job. Honestly, if I had taken a picture of the way they handled some really delicateand e xpensive hospital equipment and linked it here ...you wouldn't believe it. You wouldn't be able to.
So what does one do? I have never been a whistle blower but (as it happens I have just been writ ing about exactly that sort of thing:
It turns out that I am a shit who is afraid of whistle-blowing. I wouldn't have thought it but there you go. Do I want people to think I am only sayin g this to get even, or am I really concerned about the people involved?
The obvious answer is: What difference does it make? I know now after writing this that I have to write to MTX. Will I?