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lapimate

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#36136 19-Jun-2009 20:23
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In the Dominion Post today 19.6.09
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/2515279/Swine-flu-overload


there was a purported quote from the Wellington Regional Public Health Medical Officer “explaining” why they had “been forced to move from a containment approach towards managing the pandemic ... We have been humungously busy, under enormous pressure and over-inundated with calls. We have four or five telephone lines open and Telecom cannot provide us with any more.


Four or five? Good grief what a “humungous” number! One ‘phone line per 90,000 people in the region. If this reflects the level of planning expertise (let alone English skills – “over-inundated”?) or lateral thinking managing the response to this situation, no wonder the Ministry of Health has given up any attempt at containment and has already resorted to managing.


In the unlikely event that Telecom truly cannot provide some additional service by technical means to the current location, has the WRPHMO considered another supplier? Off-shoring the call centre to Egypt? Using VOIP? Setting-up sub-offices? ... I wonder what Telecom think about the statement of their capability?


The WRPHMO could even ask Geekzone’s Supreme Bean to give some advice.


 


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Aaroona
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  #226901 19-Jun-2009 23:05
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LMFAO!
thats terrible!

I had to chuckle when reading that




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  #226921 20-Jun-2009 00:13
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lol
Maybe they should call in a consultant to count the number of phone lines and determine whether there are four or five.

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  #226922 20-Jun-2009 00:14
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bjhoogs: lol

Maybe they should call in a consultant to count the number of phone lines and determine whether there are four or five.


lol!



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  #226965 20-Jun-2009 10:24
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maybe if they wernt so cheap they would put a pra, or some bra circuits in!!!

edit: assuming they arnt on multiplexers

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  #226971 20-Jun-2009 10:51
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Perhaps they should stump up the extra cash for Call Minder, or Call forwarding




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  #226981 20-Jun-2009 11:58
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exportgoldman:

Perhaps they should stump up the extra cash for Call Minder, or Call forwarding


lolz yea good to know our tax dollars are going to good use.

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  #227032 20-Jun-2009 17:43
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Breakthrough!


Radio NZ reported an astounding development in this a.m.’s news -  the number of ‘phone lines is to be increased to 7, or maybe even 10! If this rate of increase keeps up we will be into exponential growth rates.


 
 
 

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  #227039 20-Jun-2009 19:11
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Surely they could call forward to that many cellphones again (on "busy") and double their capacity. Too expensive perhaps, but since when is that a concern to our Govt....

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