its probably no big deal just some insurgent or militant gunman probing its alright, cause its not a terrorist group...
so we are ok...
Those wgo would prey on the sick and infirm are no better than the child rapist.
Strange alright.
btw - your headline makes it sound as though there were 35-40 people involved
Extremly creepy. I wonder what they're up to?
Just "insurgents", pay them no mind, /sarcasm
Do hospital security guards carry weapons?
If somebody's trying to gain access to a hospital at 3 AM and showing fake docs, wouldn't you think they'd be held for questioning?
Does a hospital security guard have any authority to hold someone until police arrive?
Inquiring minds need to know!
"In response to the three incidents, the organization said that all unannounced surveyors will now carry a letter signed by its executive vice president."
Well now, this should take care it. Right!
"We have signed letter, see, see, we have signed letter. We will call CAIR if you don't believe us. Infidels!"
Whew! I'm glad they got that straightened out.
Hospitals need to get some fire power just in case...
Nurse: "Good morning, Mr. Smith. How are we feeling? Would you like a .357 or .45 under your pillow today?"
I can't imagine in this day and age an urban or suburban hospital that doesn't have a security camera focused on all points of ingress. Shouldn't be too difficult to pick up the imposters entering the building at 2:00 a.m in the morning.
Right. Lots and lots of coincidences.
Ping
Fake inspectors visit urban hospitals; feds investigate
WASHINGTON - Federal authorities are looking into three closely bunched incidents in which people posing as inspectors were caught nosing around hospitals in Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles.
No arrests have been made and there is no evidence to suggest the cases are linked or there is a tie to terror groups, federal officials said.
"We do not possess any specific intelligence that there is a terrorism nexus to these reports," Homeland Security spokeswoman Kathleen Montgomery said Friday.
But the department is monitoring the incidents through local law-enforcement authorities and FBI agents also have been called in, officials said.
The hospitals, which officials refused to identify, reported the cases in late February and early March to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, which evaluates 4,500 hospitals in the United States.
In the first instance, a man and a woman, well-dressed and in their mid-30s, showed up in the middle of the night at a Los Angeles hospital with badges that resemble those carried by commission inspectors. They left when questioned by the hospital staff.
Three days later, a bearded man in his 30s or 40s of either South Asian or Middle Eastern origin was confronted at a Boston hospital. He, too, departed when questioned.
On March 10, a middle-aged woman who identified herself as a commission inspector fled a Detroit hospital's maternity ward when confronted.
None of the commission's 350 to 400 surveyors was scheduled to visit the three hospitals on those days, Hill said.
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.23.2005
Interesting! I work at a hospital and we got the warning about what to do if someone showed up, unannounced, but we weren't told the reason.