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July 31st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Suzannah Hills
09:44 EST, 31 July 2012
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10:11 EST, 31 July 2012
Anne Bagguley, from Nottingham, was not allowed to go on the Nottingham City Council Medilink bus because she was in a mobility scooter
A pensioner was not allowed to get on an NHS-run bus service designed for disabled patients because she has a mobility scooter.
Anne Bagguley, 69, was turned away from the bus service specifically set up by a council to transport elderly and disabled people to and from hospitals in Nottingham.
Mrs Bagguley claims she was forced to cancel one of her important medical appointments because the bus driver tried to drive off leaving her by the roadside.
It was only when her husband David,
72, banged on the window that the bus stopped and the driver told them
they were not allowed on with a mobility scooter.
Mrs
Bagguley, who suffers from arthritis and numerous heart conditions, has
now been forced to turn down a course of treatment – because she cannot
get to hospital.
Mrs Bagguley, a retired hairdresser,
said she couldn’t understand why she was allowed on aeroplanes, trains
and other buses – but not on the ‘Medlink’ bus for disabled patients.
She said: ‘The very people that the bus was designed to cater for can’t use the service – it just doesn’t make any sense.
‘I couldn’t get to a very important
hospital appointment on a bus set up to get patients to hospital – I was
very hurt and upset.
‘When we tried to get the bus the driver took one look at us, shut the door and started to drive off.
‘My husband banged on the window to get him to stop and he just told him I wasn’t allowed on with my mobility scooter.
The bus is owned by Nottingham City Council, pictured above, but managed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
‘He was just so rude, and to make matters worse the bus was practically empty.
‘At the time I was absolutely fuming and I complained to Medilink. I couldn’t understand why I can take the scooter on other buses – and even in the hold of an aircraft – but I couldn’t put it on that bus.
‘Recently I have been offered a 10-week course of pain management treatment at the hospital and decided to turn it down because I won’t be able to get there with my scooter.’
When she later complained to Medilink – which is owned by Nottingham City Council but managed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust – she was told the reason she was turned away was to prevent battery leakage.
But Mrs Bagguley claims wheelchairs with identical batteries are allowed on.
The mum-of-one, from Nottingham, added: ‘They allow motorised wheelchairs on there with the same sort of battery, there’s no difference at all.
‘My best friend has the same scooter as me, she is a widow and is struggling to get to hospital for her treatment as well. This could cost lives.’
On the Medilink website, they describe themselves as a ‘free accessible bus service from the Queen’s Drive Park and Ride site to the Queens Medical Centre and City Hospital’.
A spokesperson for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust said a review was now being undertaken regarding the rule against scooters.
He said: ‘For safety and insurance reasons, mobility scooters are not allowed onto Medilink buses, which is in line with Nottingham City Council’s policy for all of its buses.
‘We are working with our partners at the council to review this.’
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Come join your local council, fantastic wages, very little work, smashing benefits, free lobotomy provided, free sharing of the council’s brain cell.
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Most mobility batteries are now AGM batteries which contain no liquid at all, or Sealed Gel batteries which can not leak.
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Why make life easier when it can be ruined by the unsolicited, barmy EU sect regulations? When MEPs are bored, they think up destructive, nutty ideas, then sit back and watch Cameron follow orders. Anything for a laugh really, except it costs England, literally, too much.
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Typical. Mobility scooters have sealed batteries and cant leak. Just shows you what muppets there are in the council and the bus operators
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Powered wheelchairs can be safely and legally latched down to the floor of a bus for travel, ensuring that the passenger stays in place, and in the event of an accident they don’t roll about. Scooters have to be stored in a vehicle boot. Minubuses don’t have boots.
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What a terrible country we now live in. If you are young and rich life is so beautiful but if one is elderly and disabled they treat you like dirt.
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To the best of my knowledge these scooters do not use lead acid batteries. The batteries they do use can not leak. The same type of batterty that is used in a mobile phone or digital camera. These clowns do not know what they are talking about. This seams to be a major qualification in some quarters.
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As far as I know all mobility scooters and wheelchairs are powered with sealed batteries, they use sealed batteries so they don’t spill, another case of ignorant Health and Safety people.
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Mobility scooters are powered by SEALED leisure batteries! you can even take your scooter AND battery on a Plane for God’s sake!
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This country gets wackier by the day, when you think that it couldn’t get any worse! The most PC, H S and HR country in the world thanks to Blair and now Cameron.
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