500 US hosp. agree to scan inserted chips in unconscious patients

[donsu]

http://www.raidersnewsnetwork.com/articles/biz-yahoo-com-prnews-070313-nytu043a-html--v-1


VeriChip Passes Significant Milestone: Over 500 Hospitals Have Now Agreed to Adopt VeriMed Patient Identification System

VeriChip Adds 65 Hospitals/Emergency Departments to its VeriMed Network on First Day of AAEM Conference


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Scott R. Silverman, Chairman and CEO of VeriChip, commented, "We are very pleased to add 65 new hospitals to our network on day one of this three-day conference. Furthermore, we are proud to achieve a significant milestone in our infrastructure build-out. With more than 500 hospitals now enrolled in the VeriMed Patient Identification System, we are well on our way to meeting our stated year-end goal of 800 hospitals in the VeriMed network."

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Statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and the Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.
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[mod mom]

1. Is this for real? (reliable source?)

[donsu]

3. page says article was given out by VeriChip

nt

[noamnety]

4. seems to be from their website

http://www.verichipcorp.com/news/1173789579

[caligirl]

2. looks like the Diabetic population is a group they would like to focus

in on for this chip.

[Warpy]

5. As long as it's voluntary

I can see a great advantage for brittle diabetics, people who are likeliest to arrive at a hospital unconscious because their blood sugar is hard to control. It's a little more convenient (and permanent) than an alert bracelet.

[caligirl]

7. it is voluntary from what I read. I would like the list of hospitals.

[The2ndWheel]

6. Children of the Machine

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2006/02/21/children-of-the-machine/

The company which makes these “radio frequency identification tags”, the VeriChip Corporation, says they “combine access control with the location and protection of individuals”(3). The chips can also be implanted in hospital patients, especially children and people who are mentally incapacitated. When doctors want to know who they are and what their medical history is, they simply scan them in. This, apparently, is “an empowering option to affected individuals”(4). For a while a school in California toyed with the idea of tagging all its pupils(5).

A tag like this has a maximum range of a few metres. But another implantable device emits a signal which allows someone to be found or tracked by satellite. The patent notice says it can be used to locate the victims of kidnapping or people lost in the wilderness(6).

There are, in other words, plenty of legitimate uses for implanted chips. This is why they bother me. A technology whose widespread deployment, if attempted now, would be greeted with horror, will gradually become unremarkable. As this happens, its purpose will begin to creep.

At first the tags will be more widely used for workers with special security clearance. No one will be forced to wear one; no one will object. Then hospitals – and a few in the US are already doing this(7)- will start scanning their unconscious or incoherent patients to see whether or not they have a tag. Insurance companies might start to demand that vulnerable people are chipped.

[donsu]

8. kick

nt

[undergroundpanther]

9. Did you see the post I put up about this kinda recently?

She told me the way that these thugs will bribe people to getting chipped is This : If you don't want the chip you will get no access to government services. Zip Nada..As in they'll cut off medical assistance,help with my meds,and my ssi, on the spot.. So,if I refuse to get injected with a goddamn tracking my every move,record keeping, nosy control,and possibly allow them to torture or murder me when they want to.. chip, I will lose my means of survival. She said Bingo.I replied with a blue streak of cussing.
Than I asked her what she would do if the bosses at where she works asks her to chip clients or put haldol or drug implants in them?
She said right away, with no hesitation ,I'd immediately quit and warn the clients.
Damn she's one of the good ones.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=276x5217

[undergroundpanther]

10. kick kick and kick!

[OhioChick]

11. WTH??

Any listing of the "participating hospitals?"