ATOS Doctor Found Dead Man Fit For Work
Updated: Thankfully, this is satire. However, sadly, I believed it. I think that says a lot about the true situation at ATOS assessments. That’s why I’m going to leave the article here. You can use this as an open thread to discuss ATOS.
In a shocking lapse of judgement last week, an assessor from ATOS Origin placed James Wright, 62, in the ‘fit for work’ group mere moments after he had suffered a fatal stroke.
“It was a nightmare,” Rosemary, Mr. Wright’s widow, stated. “The doctor assessing James asked him to stand up, so he did before slumping into a squatting position. The doctor took one look at him and said, ‘I’m placing you in the Work Program.’
Then he got up and shook James’s shoulder, and when he fell over, said that he’d be back when James had finished his ‘play-acting.’ It was quite obvious that he was dead.
What’s worse is that I received a letter from the DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) this morning informing me that James’s Job Seekers’ Allowance had been stopped because of his non-attendance at his work experience. I’d already informed them of his death the day after it happened!”
It seems to this reporter that ATOS assessors are so busy licking Tory boots that not only do they not notice when people are dying, they also don’t realize when people are actually dead. Of course, Mrs. Wright is a retired State Enrolled Nurse, whereas ATOS assessors receive no medical training whatsoever. Perhaps that’s why the man made such an egregious error.
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hopefully criminal negligent charges against the government will be brought by the family so that justice can be served
in my book it looks like murder in getting someone who is ill to do something which kills them and that’s what’s happened here
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This has been proven to be a hoax N
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only a matter of time before it starts happening all the time at atos assessments.
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Yep, it is satire. However, how long before the stress of WCAs start killing people during them? I guess what I wrote isn’t so far from the truth, huh?
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Sheogorath,
Sadly, what you wrote is not far from the truth at all. It’s close enough to the truth to scare many people.
That’s why very few sick or disabled people or.carers found it funny. In fact, it almost seemed like you were mocking a very serious situation.
Last I checked, satire was supposed to be funny. Maybe, satire only works when it is so far from the truth that there is no way anyone could believe it.
Best wishes
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Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire: ” Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.”
Thus satire can sometimes be serious.
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