Pursued.

A few days ago on the radio I heard about a certain idea from the Ministry of Health. Or rather no longer an "idea," but a decision, as I understood it, that the matter has already been settled. Before long, every patient in Poland admitted to a ward will wear a wristband with something like a chip on their wrist. It will contain information on which ward the patient belongs to, their personal details, and their temperature chart. The person arguing for the validity of such an idea said that it would make it easier for patients lost in the hospital to find their way back to the ward — it often happens that a patient does not know how to get back to their ward. As I understand it, nurses and doctors with a reader will approach these crowds of lost people, and when they hold it up to the chip, information concerning the patient will be displayed and the way can then be shown to them. The matter of the temperature chart is perhaps more pertinent, but if that was the prevailing argument for this invention, then I consider it, to put it mildly, weak. Why am I writing about this? Because introducing such a system on a nationwide scale would undoubtedly be an astronomical expense. If it were justified — fine, but please tell me, is the problem of patients getting lost really widespread? Another matter is whether patients, when they do forget, forget which ward they are from or the way back. Because if it is the latter, then I understand that the chip will also have GPS capabilities. In that form, I definitely do not support the idea.