The QA Hospital, Portsmouth, has a helipad that is used when someone is in need of emergency medical treatment. One might think this a good thing. Not so, say some fo the folks that live on the hill adjacent to the hospital.
The vocal minorities are complaining that the QA is planning to make the helipad available 24hrs a day. The poor disturbed souls say that the low flying helicopters scare their children and block out the sound of their televisions.
Presumably they can also hear the ambulance sirens as they arrive to deliver patients to the A & E department. Would they like the ambulances to stay away at night-time ?
Come on folks let’s get a sense of perspective. The helicopters probably only turn up once or twice a day at most and the noise they create as they pass overhead must last for no more that a couple of minutes each time.
And lets ask the obvious question. What would you prefer if you or a relative required emergency treatment following a car accident ? Let the helicopters land at QA or delay them access to that treatment by making them travel by road or perhaps flying them to some other hospital further away ?
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