kweli
10-04-2008, 04:53 PM
Lol, FFS! whatever next? Just found this in my local paper. Do they seriously think this will get folk running to the Doc's?
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/busstop.jpg
It doesn't look like much ... but this is the bus stand that's so clever it can cough
A 'COUGHING' poster put up as part of a lung cancer awareness campaign has stuck in the throat of bus passengers.
A bus stop in Armthorpe Road, Intake, was fitted with an advert which included a chip and a loudspeaker which 'coughed' intermittently to remind people with persistent coughs to visit their GP.
But at least one bus user contacted the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive calling for the sign to be taken down because it was so annoying!
Another irritated passenger is reported as saying: "You would have thought the NHS had better things to spend their money on.
"Most people just stand outside the shelter because the coughing noise annoys them so much.
"I've also noticed that it starts people off coughing - and in a bus shelter that doesn't make for a healthy environment."
The controversial talking poster was set up by Doncaster Primary Care Trust (PCT) as part of an NHS pilot scheme aimed at beating lung cancer in the borough which has one of the highest rates of the disease in the country.
The chip was taken out on Sunday, as planned, but prior to this the Trust acted to lower the volume and shorten the length of the coughing noise following comments from bus users.
A Trust spokesman said: "Doncaster PCT has been looking at new and unusual ways to raise awareness about the symptoms of lung cancer so it can be detected early and lives can be saved.
"Because a lot of people travel on buses in the areas we are targeting, we thought this was a way of reaching them.
"As far as we are aware there has only been one complaint by a member of the public but the last thing we wanted to do is cause problems for
anyone and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused."
The campaign, jointly funded by the PCT and regional strategic health authority, also includes messages on the sides of buses and on beer mats and will be evaluated before any decisions are made about rolling it out to other parts of the country.
http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/free/It-doesn39t-look-like-much.3968935.jp
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i28/annie1pw/busstop.jpg
It doesn't look like much ... but this is the bus stand that's so clever it can cough
A 'COUGHING' poster put up as part of a lung cancer awareness campaign has stuck in the throat of bus passengers.
A bus stop in Armthorpe Road, Intake, was fitted with an advert which included a chip and a loudspeaker which 'coughed' intermittently to remind people with persistent coughs to visit their GP.
But at least one bus user contacted the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive calling for the sign to be taken down because it was so annoying!
Another irritated passenger is reported as saying: "You would have thought the NHS had better things to spend their money on.
"Most people just stand outside the shelter because the coughing noise annoys them so much.
"I've also noticed that it starts people off coughing - and in a bus shelter that doesn't make for a healthy environment."
The controversial talking poster was set up by Doncaster Primary Care Trust (PCT) as part of an NHS pilot scheme aimed at beating lung cancer in the borough which has one of the highest rates of the disease in the country.
The chip was taken out on Sunday, as planned, but prior to this the Trust acted to lower the volume and shorten the length of the coughing noise following comments from bus users.
A Trust spokesman said: "Doncaster PCT has been looking at new and unusual ways to raise awareness about the symptoms of lung cancer so it can be detected early and lives can be saved.
"Because a lot of people travel on buses in the areas we are targeting, we thought this was a way of reaching them.
"As far as we are aware there has only been one complaint by a member of the public but the last thing we wanted to do is cause problems for
anyone and we are sorry for any inconvenience caused."
The campaign, jointly funded by the PCT and regional strategic health authority, also includes messages on the sides of buses and on beer mats and will be evaluated before any decisions are made about rolling it out to other parts of the country.
http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/free/It-doesn39t-look-like-much.3968935.jp