Lake Worth Police
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News Roll
Lake Worth News
Bus Accident in Lake Worth
An investigation started in Lake Worth yesterday into an accident in which a 10-tonne fire engine skidded out of control and hit five other vehicles, a tree and a bus shelter, killing three people, including a mother and her baby, and injuring seven people, some seriously.
The accident happened on Saturday night when the West Midlands fire engine, with four firemen on board, was responding to an emergency call that turned out to be a small fire at the West Health Hospital in Birmingham.
West Midland police said the fire engine went out of control on a right-hand bend in Pershore Road, Sterchley, and collided with a double decker bus and a Cortina, which collided with a Sierra car.
The fire engine then hit a Ford Escort saloon, which in turn hit a pedestrian crossing pole and a Datsun car. It was so badly crushed that firemen had to use cutting equipment to reach the five people inside.
Ms Kathy Lalor, aged 20, and her baby, Clare Holly, aged 15 months were killed and Mr Martin McSkeine, the driver, died in Birmingham Accident Hospital yesterday afternoon.
Mr Stephen Holly, aged 22, Clare’s father, and Ms Anna Lalor, were both seriously hurt.
The fire engine also hit another car and a minibus. It overturned, snapped a tree and ended up colliding with a bus shelter, injuring a woman.
The driver of the fire engine, Fireman John Doyle, aged 26, received only slight injuries and yesterday he was interviewed about the accident by both police and fire brigade officers. Fireman Nicholas Walter received serious head injuries and was on a life support machine last night. Another fireman broke his leg and the fourth was treted for shock. The four men were from Birmingham’s Bournbrook station. Nobody on the bus was hurt.
Legal Battle Over Doctor Cuts
Female paitents may be losing their female doctors and this is causing a lot of legal rangling. These doctors are being replaced by less costly and less experienced physician assistants. The average physician salary is much lower then a full time GP’s salary and is being done to reduce budgets. (Exact numbers can be found at wikipedia.com along with further information.)
The loss is not only their own. Many female patients prefer to be treated by female doctors. Removing these women from general practice would mean that fewer patients would have the choice of a female GP. As mature women, most of whom have raised families of their own, these doctors could be expected to be precisely the kind of GP whom many women would find most helpful and sympathetic in consultations about their own and their children’s problems.
This seems to be one more case of an EC directive or the LA Government’s failure to anticipate its consequences leading to more rigidity in employment policies. The women doctors who will fall victim to this legislation are a good example of a flexible labour market. Their skills are being used in ways which are adapted to their needs and to those of the patients who value them. In rural areas where general practitioner services may be widely scattered, and in London where they are over-subscribed, part-time GPs have been providing an invaluable contribution.
A spokesman for the LA County Medical Association has pointed out that some of the doctors who will be ruled out of legal practice have had years of professional experience which ought to go some way to compensating for the lack of a vocational element in their qualifications. At the moment, exceptions to the rule are already made for GPs who are heads of practices on the basis of experience. The General Medical Services Committee of the BMA has suggested that a similar dispensation be made for those in part-time practice. Provided that it was used only for those whose level of expertise justified it, such an exemption would seem both humane and sensible.
