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There Are 6.5 Billion People and Almost 5 Billion Cellphone Subscriptions In This World
Posted by – 17/02/2010
[via gizmodo.com]
On a planet with around 6.8 billion people, we’re likely to see 5 billion cell phone subscriptions this year.
Reaching 4.6 billion at the end of 2009, the number of cell phone subscriptions across the globe will hit 5 billion sometime in 2010, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The explosion in cell phone use has been driven not only by developed countries, but by developing nations hungry for services like mobile banking and health care.
Whistleblower Nurse Acquitted
Posted by – 12/02/2010
[via consumerist.com]
The West Texas nurse who went on trial this past Monday for reporting a doctor to the state board was found not guilty after just an hour of deliberation, reports the New York Times.
The jurors who spoke to the Times after the case said it seemed pretty cut and dried to them.
Now the nurse’s lawyers are focusing on their civil lawsuit against the county, the sheriff, the county attorney–who is described in the article as the surgeon’s personal attorney as well–and the hospital administrator who fired the nurse for going over his head.
Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor
Posted by – 09/02/2010
[via nytimes.com]
It occurred to Anne Mitchell as she was writing the letter that she might lose her job, which is why she chose not to sign it. But it was beyond her conception that she would be indicted and threatened with 10 years in prison for doing what she knew a nurse must: inform state regulators that a doctor at her rural hospital was practicing bad medicine.
Anne Mitchell, left, and Vickilyn Galle, right, wrote the letter to regulators that drew felony charges.