do you know how blood and organs are transported between hospitals?
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mr horrible up yours, dickface, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:01,
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In a van, slung into the luggage compartment of a National Express coach
and then picked up by a van at the coach station nearest the destination hospital.
Each one, if I recall correctly, costs £25 to transport.
So the issues of cutting corners and profit are already in the equation, as "company with orange and white liveried vehicles" has found the cheapest and nastiest way to transport them while making a profit, and the sender is paying out quite a lot for the "service".
EDIT:Actually, I think the £25 was just for a van to run between local hospitals, I forget about national rates.
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mr horrible up yours, dickface, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:12,
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That's not strictly true
I spent a few years back in the nineties as a courier, and seemed to spend much of my day delivering blood to and from the Middlesex hospital and the UCH, which was basically hammering it down Charlotte Street. They use ambulances for actual organs
But signed mate :)
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Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 16 Jul 2012, 22:51,
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