Electric Company Kills Woman For Unpaid Bills
An unpaid bill is a death warrant?
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The Electric Company Mercury Energy in New Zealand came to disconnect the electricity at the home of Mrs Mercury Energy as she had not paid her bill. She has been off ill since February. The Mercury Energy representatives were told by her son that his mother Mrs Muliaga needed the electric to be on as her oxygen machine (which she was hooked up to) ran off the electric power. They went ahead and cut the power off anyway because she had not paid her bill. Within two hours she was dead.
When the power was cut, Mrs Muliaga began to have breathing difficulties; the paramedics were called but were unable to revive her.
An investigation has been launched into the death of Mrs Muliaga by New Zealand Police.
I am all for “if you don’t pay your bill you don’t get your power”, it is a fair enough arrangement. BUT when circumstances dictate that power MUST be supplied until some other arrangement can be made then that power must be left on.
What in the world possessed the Mercury Energy reps to turn the power off after seeing Mrs Muliaga hooked up to the machine having spoken with her themselves at her house and being told by her son not to turn the power off as to do so would stop the oxygen machine? This person (or persons) deserves to be charged and locked up.
The argument that they were only doing their job will not hold up and SHOULD NOT hold up. What they should have done was phone up the office got one of the bosses on the line and informed them of the situation. Power should have remained in place and the family given time to make alternative arrangements to power the machine or come up with the money to pay the bill.
This is a company that stinks! Not paying your bill and the penalty is death? Management of this company should be charged as well. What this company did is morally wrong even if it was done by an over zealous worker doing their job.
When the power was cut, Mrs Muliaga began to have breathing difficulties; the paramedics were called but were unable to revive her.
An investigation has been launched into the death of Mrs Muliaga by New Zealand Police.
I am all for “if you don’t pay your bill you don’t get your power”, it is a fair enough arrangement. BUT when circumstances dictate that power MUST be supplied until some other arrangement can be made then that power must be left on.
What in the world possessed the Mercury Energy reps to turn the power off after seeing Mrs Muliaga hooked up to the machine having spoken with her themselves at her house and being told by her son not to turn the power off as to do so would stop the oxygen machine? This person (or persons) deserves to be charged and locked up.
The argument that they were only doing their job will not hold up and SHOULD NOT hold up. What they should have done was phone up the office got one of the bosses on the line and informed them of the situation. Power should have remained in place and the family given time to make alternative arrangements to power the machine or come up with the money to pay the bill.
This is a company that stinks! Not paying your bill and the penalty is death? Management of this company should be charged as well. What this company did is morally wrong even if it was done by an over zealous worker doing their job.
