You know, they're always coming up with new ideas, aren't they? Usually to "fix" something that wasn't really that broken in the first place. Take this new death certificate business in England and Wales. Now, I’m no doctor, and I certainly wasn't close with any of the deceased, but this sounds like they're trying to protect us from another Dr. Shipman or Lucy Letby. The kind of case that makes headlines and scares everyone. Good intentions, maybe. But good intentions pave a lot of roads that lead straight to… well, inefficiency.
See, the idea is now, some independent medical examiner has to sign off on the death certificate. Sounds good in theory, right? Another layer of protection. But what it's actually doing is causing families to wait weeks, weeks, to bury their loved ones. Eight weeks, some say! Eight weeks! By then, they might as well be taxidermied.
I heard about a fellow named Elliot, and he's not the only one. They're all sitting there, waiting, trying to grieve, trying to plan a funeral, but they can't do a darn thing because some bureaucrat is holding up a piece of paper. "Ridiculous," Elliot calls it. And he's right.
Now, I'm all for making sure things are done properly. I'm all for protecting people. But at what cost? Is adding another layer of paperwork, another obstacle, really the best way? It seems to me they're punishing the grieving for the sins of a few rotten apples.
And think about it. What’s the point? You're dead. The paperwork isn't going to bring you back. All this new rule does is make things harder for the people left behind. It adds stress, it prolongs the sadness, it complicates an already difficult time. It's not like dead people are known for complaining!
I don't pretend to have all the answers. But sometimes, it seems like the people in charge are so busy trying to prevent something bad from happening, they forget about the simple human cost of all their regulations.
This isn't about catching criminals after the fact; this is about treating people with respect and dignity in their time of loss. It's about letting them grieve in peace. It’s about remembering that sometimes, the best thing to do is just… get out of the way.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go write my will. Just in case they change the rules about that, too. I don't want to be stuck in regulatory limbo for all eternity.
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