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July 1, 2008 Fatigue? Officer with music earphones, texting away I REFER to Dr Lim Boon Hee's letter last Thursday, 'Front-line staff fatigue?' He advocated looking into intangibles such as work fatigue, work hours, impact of shift work and overwhelming workload. Well said, and I believe this will be covered by the internal audit that must surely be going on following Mas Selamat Kastari's escape. However, I would like to recount a recent incident I witnessed at the Causeway immigration checkpoint on June 23, the same day the passport slip-up occurred at the Budget Terminal. My husband and I were in our car in Lane 23 at about 1.25pm when we noticed the security officer who was supposed to be checking vehicles not only had earphones on, obviously listening to music or whatever, but was also busy texting away on his cellphone. Needless to say, some cars got away without having their boots checked and those he did check were the ones whose drivers had stopped and opened their boot, without being told to do so. All this while, he was glued to his earphones and cellphone. Had he worked unduly long hours before that? I don't think so because, before we noticed his behaviour, we saw some movements in his lane, after which two officers walked away. Perhaps he had just reported for duty. Teo Guat Im (Mdm) http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Sto...ory_253350.html warouz... listening to mp3 over long hours can also hv fatigue hor.

Has our medical professionism gone down? How mani times had your doctors laugh at your plight bef?

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...70.html?vgnmr=1 WISCONSIN - AN AMERICAN married man has had his penis glued to his stomach by his three lovers after they discovered he had been seeing them all at the same time. According to a report in the Post-Crescent newspaper, the women learned of his philandering from his wife. Police in Wisconsin said that one of the women - Therese Ziemann - lured the man to a hotel with the promise of a massage. It is alleged she then blindfolded him, tied him to the bed and cut off his underwear, before texting the other women to join her. The three women then allegedly attacked the man and applied strong glue to his genitals, said media reports on Tuesday. The man was asked which woman he loved more and which one he wanted to grow old with. The women then allegedly slapped him in the face and asked, "Can you handle that?" "This wasn't a spur of the moment type of event in that all of the participants in the complaint and in the information provided were part and parcel of this plan," said district attorney Ken Krantz. The man was finally released after he started screaming. Police have also accused the women of stealing his phone, wallet and car. Media reports suggest that the the victim's wife also faces a charge of being a party to false imprisonment. The Post-Crescent newspaper said the victim was treated for minor injuries and has been released from hospital. Ziemann was charged with being a party to false imprisonment, fourth-degree sexual assault and misdemeanor battery. Her two accomplices were charged with being a party to false imprisonment.