said by pnh102 :

What you are stating is simply a manufactured reason for setting up taxpayer-provided Wifi.

That is a scary prospect. Someone turns on a microwave or uses a 2.4Ghz cordless phone and patients die because the Wifi doesn't work.

So now we have to buy them even more expensive equipment to do the job that they should be doing just fine without it in the first place. That doesn't sound like progress to me.

Government as an institution has existed on this planet for at least 6000 to 10000 years. It has been, nor will it ever be, efficient and responsive.

said by bmn :

because, oh dear, it costs money...

said by bmn :

You clearly don't know much about wifi...

said by bmn :

Typical conservative reaction. Complain about government inefficiency and take no steps to fix it. Status quo.

said by pnh102 :

So we should spend tax money on things we don't need for no good reason at all? Weren't you just telling me the war was costing too much?

You clearly don't know much about healthcare.

This is not an industry where great "leaps of faith" are made simply because of a "way cool now" technology. There are already ample ways for EMTs to communicate with hospitals that do not endanger the lives of patients. There is simply no need for a new technology that does not work as well.

There still are interference issues with Wifi. This is an indisputable, irrefutable fact. Any hospital or doctor that allows this technology to interfere with patient care and cost lives is going to be in a serious heap of trouble.

We took your approach with public schooling in this country and we continue to throw more money at that year after year. I hear we have the best public schools on earth now... Oh wait a sec.

said by Sammer :

Many of these mesh networks are multiband and include the 4.9 Mhz licensed Public Safety band. There is much less interference on the 4.9 Mhz band than on WiFi.