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Hospital Alerts IL (Vanity, but important vanity)
My Wife | 10/5/04 | Me

Posted on 10/05/2004 8:17:44 AM PDT by locochupacabra

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1 posted on 10/05/2004 8:17:44 AM PDT by locochupacabra
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To: locochupacabra

Thanks for posting this. Please keep us updated.


2 posted on 10/05/2004 8:19:01 AM PDT by Pete
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To: locochupacabra; prairiebreeze

Hospitals in Chicago on alert?


3 posted on 10/05/2004 8:19:18 AM PDT by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
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Apparently all over the state. I'm nowhere near Chicago.


4 posted on 10/05/2004 8:19:58 AM PDT by locochupacabra (If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.)
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To: locochupacabra

We ought to start arming Nurses. They usually run the places anyhow.


5 posted on 10/05/2004 8:20:29 AM PDT by theDentist (Proud Member of FreeRepublic 's "Pyjama-Hadeen")
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To: theDentist

And lab techs - my brother is one :) - they wouldn't be quesy about using it.


6 posted on 10/05/2004 8:22:58 AM PDT by reed13
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To: locochupacabra
Curious terror target. A hospital? You can't kill a large number of people in a small space at a hospital...not easily.

...It is worth noting that some of the terrorists captured have turned out to be physicians.

Illinois is not far from Michigan.

There are helicopters at many hospitals.

Pali terrorists have started trying to make use of ambulances.

Teaching hospitals have auditoriums with meetings of large numbers of personnel.

Still, other targets would be easier and more effective.

Has it crossed anyone's mind that just making themselves apparent, then disappearing, is a kind of terror in and of itself?

7 posted on 10/05/2004 8:25:07 AM PDT by Mamzelle (Pajamamama)
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To: JustPiper; Velveeta

Heads up


8 posted on 10/05/2004 8:26:04 AM PDT by KylaStarr
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To: Mamzelle

But, you could infect a lot of people who would go back into the community and infect others.

OR, you could incapacitate all the regional hospitals before a terror attack so there are few to no services available for the injured.

OR, you could have a hostage situation like Beslen.


9 posted on 10/05/2004 8:28:00 AM PDT by najida (Sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I am.)
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To: locochupacabra

They are probably looking for radioactive material to make a dirty bomb out of.


10 posted on 10/05/2004 8:32:15 AM PDT by need_a_screen_name
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To: najida
Creating a mass infection/poisoning is more difficult than most people imagine--most cities of any size have alternate hospitals to call on for help in catatastrophes--but that last one on your list is chilling. Peds ward. ...!

Hospitals are the very place in a small community that is already being trained (via mock-catastrophe drills) to deal with terrorism. There are even conferences specializing in scenarios available as "continuing medical education"--CME.

11 posted on 10/05/2004 8:37:01 AM PDT by Mamzelle (Pajamamama)
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To: need_a_screen_name; Mamzelle

At this point your guesses are as good as any. I have no clue about what is going on, but I do know this: something is going on, and it's affecting all the hospitals in Illinois.

Could be anything, could even be a training drill for all I know. But, (in the words of Tony Soprano) irregardless, something is going on, and I hope that FRland can help figure that out.


12 posted on 10/05/2004 8:37:22 AM PDT by locochupacabra (If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.)
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To: KylaStarr; locochupacabra

Thanks for the ping, Kyla.

Locochupacabra: What area of "Chicagoland" are we talking? Where does your wife work?

I too am an RN in Illinois. While I don't work at a hospital, I interact with north suburban hospitals pretty much on a daily basis.

I just made a few calls and nobody has heard a thing about this.


13 posted on 10/05/2004 8:38:51 AM PDT by Velveeta (This post has been dipped in pigs' blood.)
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To: locochupacabra

Please keep us upadated--ping me.

I would consider this news--even front page news.


14 posted on 10/05/2004 8:40:27 AM PDT by Quix (PRAYERS 4 PRES, FAMILY, ADVISORS N OUR REPUBLIC IN OCT MAY BE VITALLY CRUCIAL)
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To: Mamzelle
Curious terror target. A hospital? You can't kill a large number of people in a small space at a hospital...not easily.

Hospital labs contain much hazardous materials (chemical and biological and nuclear) that could be dangerous in the hands of persons expert in their use and misuse and effective for use in other-than a hospital setting.

We have to change our mindset that 'this' or 'that' or 'whatever' doesn't makes sense. Neither did box cutters on 4 airliners.
15 posted on 10/05/2004 8:42:56 AM PDT by TomGuy (His VN crumbling, he says 'move on'. So now, John Kerry is running on Bob KerrEy's Senate record.)
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To: locochupacabra

Someone posted a thread last week, I think about a similar situation.....it was pulled very quickly. Brother in law just started working security at a hospital in another state. Says they are on high alert. Hope all is well.


16 posted on 10/05/2004 8:44:33 AM PDT by PilloryHillary (KERRY LIES http://www.johnfkerrysucks.com)
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Locochupacabra: What area of "Chicagoland" are we talking?

That I don't know. All she said was hospitals up north in the Chicago area.

Where does your wife work?

Central Illinois.

17 posted on 10/05/2004 8:50:50 AM PDT by locochupacabra (If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.)
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To: reed13

And some of the patients. The if they're scared of lawsuits, the Hospital Administrator could also carry a "throw down".


18 posted on 10/05/2004 9:00:08 AM PDT by theDentist (Proud Member of FreeRepublic 's "Pyjama-Hadeen")
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To: Mamzelle

So are the Orange, Yellow and Red alerts.


19 posted on 10/05/2004 9:05:05 AM PDT by Old Professer (Fear is the fountain of hostility.)
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To: locochupacabra; Velveeta

I've a good idea of the area you live in.

Peoria, Champaign and Springfield have been identified as part of the underground route for the terrorists to move through.

Champaign in particular, due to the U of I.

Stay safe!


20 posted on 10/05/2004 9:05:34 AM PDT by KylaStarr
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