A London Ambulance crew was sent 200 miles to Manchester by a faulty satellite navigation system while transferring a patient to hospital.

The team were supposed to take the man from King George Hospital in Ilford to Mascalls Park Hospital in Brentwood.

 

But they did not realise their equipment was faulty until the reached the outskirts of Manchester.

 

London Ambulance said the patient was in a comfortable condition throughout the eight-hour journey.

 

The patient left the King George Hospital for the Mascalls Park Hospital, which is a 12 mile (19.3km) journey, in the early hours of Tuesday morning but did not arrive until the afternoon, having travelled to Manchester and back.

 

The spokesman said: "We believe the crew, who had not been to this particular hospital before, followed the directions given by the navigation system, without manually confirming their destination.

 

"We understand that they reached the outskirts of Manchester before realising they were heading to the wrong destination. The problem with the navigation database is also now being fixed."

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6200054.stm

common sense prevails, how did they ever get a job in the first place :dozey:

it is a little worrying isn't it. you can just imagine them sat there saying "its taking a really long time to get across London today, where on earth have all the big ugly buildings gone, and why do we keep passing signs saying M6 North?"

M6 North! Alarm bells should have been ringing when they saw signs for the M40!

8 fuckin' hours.. unbelievable!

crazy Brits.... :rolleyes: :P

crazy Brits.... :rolleyes: :P

 

Was your absence down to a faulty GPS, too??:rolleyes:

Was your absence down to a faulty GPS' date=' too??:rolleyes:[/quote']

 

:lol: thats pretty good there, Mark..... maybe I've been away too long that I actually find you amusing lately!!! lol :P

:lol: thats pretty good there' date=' Mark..... maybe I've been away too long that I actually find you amusing lately!!! lol :P[/quote']

 

In that case you can vote for me!!:P

vote for you? in what???

vote for you? in what???

 

The awards!!:P

jinkies!!! I just saw that!!!! I can't believe its that time of year again!!!!! :stunned:

Oh dear..:lol:

 

 

And mark..self-promoting yet again!!

jinkies!!! I just saw that!!!! I can't believe its that time of year again!!!!! :stunned:

 

That's probably because you went missing for so long!! You'd better get cracking!!:P

She did not go missing mark..I saw her on myspace almost everyday!! :P

She did not go missing mark..I saw her on myspace almost everyday!! :P

 

That doesn't count! The board is what matters!!:P

She did not go missing mark..I saw her on myspace almost everyday!! :P

 

haha!! and I sent you love notes too, didn't I????? :uhoh: or did I???????

haha!! and I sent you love notes too' date=' didn't I????? :uhoh: or did I???????[/quote']

 

:stunned:

 

And is there any truth in the rumour that Nick is on "MyWasteOfSpace"??:rolleyes:

you killed it, dude...... :/

haha!! and I sent you love notes too' date=' didn't I????? :uhoh: or did I???????[/quote']

 

 

Umm yes you did..and also other various things which did not make much sense :P

:wideeyed: :P

Umm yes you did..and also other various things which did not make much sense :P

 

Maybe she'd had a few too many!!:rolleyes:

sadly I was completely sober... :embarassed:

^^^Oh dear...you made yourself look even worse!!:P

^^^Oh dear...you made yourself look even worse!!:P

 

:rolleyes: