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Brickbats

Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man

Charles Oliver | 6.30.2011 6:00 AM

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In Wales, officials of the Cardiff Royal Infirmary have apologized for giving elderly patients tambourines to shake when they needed a nurse. The musical instruments were given to patients when they were in the hospital's day room, which does not have an electronic system to call for help.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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