But health officials in the UK are stating that they are well aware of the situation and there is enough medicine to treat the country. But GPs have been feeling the pressure the most; since the outbreak began they have literally been inundated with visits and calls for patients believing that they have swine flu.
This has all led to the authorities opening a fresh National Pandemic Influenza service line. The phone number although an 0800 number was feared to be ill-treated by the mobile network operators. We all have come to realise that they charge huge amounts to actually ring free phone numbers, so they could have literally been making a fortune from the flu line.
But in the end common sense came through and the providers agreed to scrap the charges. It just goes to prove that mobile networks are not fastened down to charging for 0800 numbers and with the current popularity and use of mobile phones, I genuinely feel that the networks should scrap this charge in all. I mean they are literally earning a fortune anyway so why the need to keep charging the public for something that is not even chargeable.
I hope the networks sort out this problem before it becomes all too late.
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