Dispensary Corner 15 Jul 13
July 15, 2013
CHILDREN and teachers in the USA are being encouraged to
practice good hand hygiene for
the upcoming school year, in a
quirky campaign with the tagline
“KILL A GAJILLION GERMS”.
It’s an initiative of a company
called Gojo which makes Purell
Hand Sanitiser, with the program
hoping to encourage healthy hand
habits which Gojo says will in turn
reduce absenteeism.
AND a quest for hygiene in New
York last week led to the partial
collapse of a building, after a
woman attempted to get rid of
some pesky cockroaches.
Emergency services workers
said the woman was trying to rid
herself of an infestation in her
Chinatown apartment by setting
off twenty fogging “bug-bombs”.
Unfortunately the cloud of
insecticide was ignited by a
kitchen appliance, causing a
significant explosion.
Several ceilings and walls in the
building collapsed, with 14 people
injured in the incident.
STEVE Hunter from Ballarat in
Victoria is being hailed as a petloving
hero, after he saved the life
of a dog which had been run over
by giving the pooch mouth-tomouth
resuscitation.
He was delivering some building
materials when he saw Salty,
a fox terrier-Jack Russell cross,
suddenly run out of a driveway
and get hit by an oncoming car.
According to the Ballarat Courier
newspaper, Hunter sprang into
action, carried the seemingly
dead dog to the side of the road,
puckered up and “did the deed”.
“I gave him CPR, did the whole
works. I pulled his jaws apart -
and by the way he didn’t brush his
teeth,” he said.
“I thought, ‘you’ve gotta give
him half a chance’ because you
never know,” Hunter added.
His quick thinking kept the lucky
dog alive long enough for a trip to
the veterinary hospital, where he
is now recovering well.
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