Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account Two New Brunswick nurses are facing misconduct charges after allegedly causing a patient’s death in March 2023 Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Create an account or sign in to keep reading Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience Don't have an account? Create Account According to the Nurses’ Association of New Brunswick (NANB) the actions of registered nurse Christine Galley and graduate nurse (GN) Valeja Birnbach ultimately killed a 96-year-old man who was a patient at an unnamed hospital At the centre of the allegations is Galley’s decision to put Birnbach in charge of the palliative care unit – a decision that broke the rules GNs aren’t allowed to be in charge of any hospital units Birnbach allegedly gave the male patient “six or more” medications that weren’t prescribed to him Birnbach didn’t do enough to convey the seriousness of the situation and nothing was done to counteract the drugs for about 11 hours A clear and concise roundup to start your weekday morning By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc The next issue of Morning Email Telegraph-Journal will soon be in your inbox Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. On March 14, 2023, a few days after the incident, the patient died of “accidental drug toxicity (morphine).” By putting Birnbach in charge, Galley, the day supervisor at the hospital, “committed acts of professional misconduct,” according to NANB. “No other registered nurse was working on that unit at that time, which meant the GN was in charge of the palliative care unit,” NANB’s statement reads. “While working as the only nurse on the palliative care unit, the GN made a serious medication error involving a 96-year-old male palliative patient. The patient’s condition subsequently deteriorated and he died on March 14, 2023, as a result of accidental drug toxicity (morphine). “Ms. Galley was not present at the time of the medication error.” Brunswick News asked Galley and Birnbach for comment, but neither responded. The statement alleges that Galley “failed to practice in accordance with relevant regulatory requirements and employer policy” and “failed to recognize or take action in a situation where client safety was potentially or actually at risk.” Galley also failed to “exercise reasonable judgment as required” and failed to “practice in collaboration with members of the health care team while understanding and respecting other team members’ scope of practice and contributions in the delivery of safe, competent, compassionate and ethical care, as required.” A date for a disciplinary hearing hasn’t been set. Birnbach, meanwhile, is accused of digressing “from established or recognized professional standards or rules of practice of the profession,” and of breaking several other rules. The medication she allegedly gave to the patient included “48 milligrams of Hydromorph Contin, via two long-acting capsules administered by mouth, when the patient had actually been prescribed one milligram of Dilaudid to be administered by mouth.” “After realizing the medication error, Ms. Birnbach reported the overdose to a physician but failed to effectively communicate the medication error, and when the physician did not order any intervention, Ms. Birnbach failed to advocate for appropriate treatment to address the medication error and minimize risk of harm to the Patient,” NANB’s allegations read. “Because Ms. Birnbach failed to take appropriate action to resolve or minimize the risk of harm to the patient following the medication error, interventions to counteract the medication error did not begin until approximately eleven hours later.” No date for Birnbach’s hearing has been set. transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) has decided to operate a second autonomous bus on the two-kilometer route between Bad Birnbach's railway station and the city center The buses are powered by electricity and run free of charge for passengers.The first autonomous bus on a public road was launched in the Bavarian town of Bad Birnbach in 2017 "We believe that self-driving small buses are a clever addition to our big yellow buses for example in areas with narrow roads or strict speed limits," the head of Berlin public transport operator BVG adding that bus drivers would still be needed as the driverless buses will not replace all traditionally operated vehicles anytime soon DB began operating Germany's first autonomous bus line on public roads in 2017 The ioki-branded bus is in service in Bad Birnbach What drivers and pedestrians see is a small electric bus that is not only quiet and environmentally friendly; it is also has no driver All the bus needs is an attendant on board who can intervene if necessary The vehicle travels through the spa town on since October 2019 to the train station A pilot project was conducted in cooperation with Berliner Verkehrsbetrieben (BVG) The individual on-demand service was the first that passengers could call using an app The latest-generation public service vehicle from EasyMile which uses inductive charging to "fuel up," was in use at the EUREF Campus in Berlin's Schöneberg district through 2018 Plans call for test operations to be expanded to public roads at a later date The objective of flexible on-demand services like these that use autonomous vehicles is to offer door-to-door mobility in combination with trains and buses The result will be public transportation that is much more appealing A German railway company called Deutsche Bahn has welcomed the first autonomous vehicle to the roads of Germany in the form of EasyMile’s EZ10 shuttle bus The EZ10 shuttle bus is currently operating in Bad Birnbach which is a municipality in the district of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria which has one staff member onboard to take over operation of the vehicle if necessary will be used on a route that is approximately 700 meters long the route will be extended to connect the town center and rail station “We are the first company in Germany to bring autonomous vehicles to the roads and to local public transport,” says Dr. Richard Lutz, CEO of Deutsche Bahn “Our aim is to further integrate road and rail so as to enable individual mobility even in rural areas without the need to own a car.” District administrator Michael Fahmüller adds the autonomous bus is a flagship project that sends a clear signal People especially in rural areas like this still depend on cars With the regular autonomous bus services starting today in Bad Birnbach the town is showcasing the mobility of the future and a more flexible form of local public transport We are proud to be playing this pioneering role.” Getting the vehicle on the road was a team effort which is a leading technical service organization Besides getting customers to their destinations without drivers Deutsche Bahn would also like to make it possible for passengers to request a bus whenever they need one web design and development by new target, inc. Copyright © Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International BECOME A MEMBER By 2019-10-11T09:16:00+01:00 GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary Ioki and its local bus operator Regionalbus Ostbayern have launched a driverless shuttle service using public roads to provide ‘last mile’ transport between the centre of Bad Birnbach and the town’s station The service on the 2 040 m long route operates between 08.00 and 18.00 The two EasyMile EZ10 Gen2 electric shuttles can carry six passengers and feature a wheelchair ramp The presence of the 15 km/h vehicles is detected by roadside cameras and digital signs are used to reduce the variable speed limit for all traffic to 30 km/h ensuring safety while minimising the impact on other road users A steward on each vehicle can intervene in operation if necessary and in the event of snow or thick fog the service will be operated using a conventional minibus The link to the station follows trials on a 660 m route launched in 2017 This has since operated for more than 21 000 km and carried more than 40 000 passengers Federal Minister for Transport & Digital Infrastructure Andreas Scheuer and DB Passenger Transport Director Berthold Huber joined Mayor Josef Hasenberger on the first trip on the extended route ‘The climate-friendly mobility revolution must also become a concern beyond major cities’ ‘Rural areas in particular need new concepts to attract more people to environmentally-friendly public transport we want to link road and rail even more closely together individual mobility without a car should also be possible in rural areas.’ Scheuer said ‘transport is becoming more interconnected and the first self-driving vehicles are already on our roads This leads us to completely new opportunities for public transport and the connection of rural areas: people remain mobile into old age I am very pleased that DB has started a pilot project to test the technology in everyday life – and to get people excited about autonomous driving.’ USA: The US Ignite smart city accelerator has selected First Transit and Perrone Robotics to provide autonomous shuttles for a Smart Transportation Testbed project at the Fort Carson army base in Colorado The $4m project is being funded and managed by the US Army Engineer Research & .. BRAZIL: Latin America’s on-demand shuttle ride service completed a year of operation on February 18 The CityBus 2.0 project launched in Goiás’ state capital Goiânia in February 2019 with 15 minibuses covering 11 neighbourhoods before expanding to a fleet of 40 vehicles .. ITALY: The city of Torino has started trials for its first self-driving shuttle programme The trial will last for four months and will provide transport services within the United Nations International Training Center’s ILO campus in the city The Olli electric vehicles are supplied by Arizona-based Local .. Site powered by Webvision Cloud Online Robotics Trade Magazine Industrial Automation If you do not have a RoboticsTomorrow partner account, please register - it's free Robots are already far more widespread than many people realize They’re now essential to many industries unlocking new opportunities and avenues for innovation One of the sectors that stands to gain the most from robots is transportation the implementation of robotics in transportation is a relatively recent phenomenon robots have already made significant strides in the transportation industry driving innovation across multiple sub-sectors and applications Modern transportation wouldn’t be the same without robots and the future will only serve to solidify this Here’s how robots are pushing the transportation industry forward and where they could go from here Perhaps the most iconic example of robots driving innovation in transport is self-driving cars While fully autonomous vehicles are not yet a reality automated features have already brought significant improvements to cars today and adaptive cruise control are all examples of robotic control in today’s vehicles Automatic emergency braking has cut rear collisions by 50% in cars that have it These systems rely on robotic technologies like machine vision to recognize and respond to obstacles They then turn the entire vehicle into a type of robot The only things holding back fully autonomous cars today are robotic technologies that are not yet advanced enough Their artificial intelligence (AI) systems have to respond remarkably quickly and perform consistently in varying and unpredictable situations As robots advance and these goals become possible true self-driving cars will become a daily reality While fully robotic passenger vehicles have proved a challenge providing the predictability that robots today need to perform well They also typically travel in dedicated spaces reducing the risk of collision with other vehicles The city of Bad Birnbach, Germany, started testing an autonomous bus in 2017 it had completed more than 10,000 kilometers of driverless travel the company that made the autonomous shuttle has since helped cities across the globe establish driverless bus routes In 2019, an autonomous train pulled 30 freight cars across 48 miles of track showing the potential of driverless trains looks to expand and modernize its rail system autonomous trains could become commonplace AI features like early braking could make rail travel safer While autonomous vehicles may be the most exciting application of robots in transportation A more common use case for robotics in the transport industry is in the manufacturing centers that build vehicles Automation has become a critical part of car manufacturing Faster production times also let automakers roll out new models in less time cutting-edge designs and get them in drivers’ hands while the idea is still new and exciting This reliance on automation in transportation manufacturing also enables factories to become more sustainable but they also let facilities take more control over the power they consume These robotic systems produce data about their efficiency and energy use as they work guiding process improvements to minimize energy waste Newer robots can even adjust their operations automatically to use as little energy as possible analyzing factory data to produce insights into how to become more sustainable Automakers can then minimize their environmental footprint as much as possible Becoming more sustainable is essential for the transportation industry. The average car produces more than 2 tons of carbon dioxide every year These process improvements on the manufacturing side of the industry help it make up for its history of carbon emissions Software robots may not be what comes to mind when people think of “robotics,” but they’re some of the most valuable robotics applications These AI programs have proven particularly helpful in the logistics sector of transportation supply chains have become far more efficient in the past few years Some AI logistics programs analyze more than 250 million data points across millions of shipping transactions they produce insights into how logistics companies can optimize their loads Similar systems adjust drivers’ navigation in real-time to produce the most efficient delivery routes possible Physical robots help improve logistics efficiency Automated systems can work alongside humans to load and unload trucks in far less time than an entirely manual process As both physical and software robots improve freight transportation will become increasingly efficient Some of the ways robotics improve transportation are less direct one of the most innovative but less publicized use cases for robots in transport is road maintenance Researchers have recently developed automated systems that can help detect and repair roads helping governments improve infrastructure more efficiently In 2019, scientists designed a drone that can detect road damage, showing relevant authorities where to target their repair efforts. One U.K.-based company is developing a robot that can detect and fix potholes and cracks Employing these robots will improve the performance of other transportation robotics Self-driving vehicles will have an easier time navigating on roads that are in good condition robots have become a critical part of the transportation sector From manufacturing to logistics to passenger transport robotics have influenced and continue to influence every aspect of transportation As these technologies drive further innovation they will become inseparable from the industry robots will drive the future of transportation all sub-sectors of transport will rely on various types of robotics in the near future it will be difficult to imagine the transportation sector without robots You must be logged in before you can post a comment. Login now Automate 2025 Q&A with Zimmer Group Automate 2025 Q&A with igus Will AI Take My Job in Manufacturing? 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On Thursday, Carroll and two friends who she confided in at the time of the alleged assault appeared on the New York Times podcast The Daily and all three of them agreed that she has not wanted to use the word “rape” from the beginning ‘He raped you?’” recalled Lisa Birnbach the author of The Preppy Handbook and the first person Carroll told I don’t … he pulled down my tights!’” “It was horrible,” Birnbach continued ‘Let’s go to the police.’ ‘No.’ ‘Come to my house.’ ‘No I want to go home.’ ‘I’ll take you to the police.’ ‘No “It was an episode,” Carroll said the investigative reporter who in 2017 helped break the Harvey Weinstein story that fueled the current wave of the #MeToo movement asked Carroll why she chooses not to use the word rape even now “Every woman gets to choose her word,” she said “Every woman gets to choose how she describes it it’s tempting to push back against Carroll’s word usage here that doesn’t mean you’ve been reduced to a victim and nothing more That’s part of the reason for the popularity of the term “assault survivor” rather than “assault victim”: It puts the emphasis on the survivor’s strength and the active work they have done to make it through a terrible experience Those who choose to identify as a victim of assault rather than survivors are not inherently weak or passive, either. In a recent essay for the Lily Katie Simon explained why she prefers the term “victim” to “survivor.” I want the criminal to be the focus,” Simon wrote But Carroll’s discomfort with the term “rape” also makes sense because all of the vocabulary that we have for sexual violence is fraught and confusing and limiting in ways that speak to our culture’s deep ambivalence about sexual assault In 2017, as the #MeToo movement was gaining momentum and a different famous man was being accused of sexual assault every week, I looked at the history of the language we use to talk about sexual violence What I found is that this vocabulary is profoundly limited Feminists have constantly had to make up new terms to describe acts that were before nameless words like “date rape” and “sexual harassment.” And every time those new words enter our lexicon the larger culture pushes back against them and works to drain them of meaning they become polite euphemisms that describe acts that are silly and trivial and not actually worth complaining about “When these terms are actually used, they’re depoliticized,” linguist Susan Ehrlich told me at the time We can see that happening in real time with the term “sexual harassment,” which has been heavily devalued since Lin Farley coined it in 1975. “‘Sexual harassment’ was never meant to be a term that the corporate world would feel comfortable tossing around,” Farley wrote in a New York Times opinion piece in 2017 “It is a vicious practice — one that flourishes because men hold authority over women at work and they use it to extract sex and to humiliate If the price of popularizing the notion of sexual harassment has been to dampen its impact it’s now time to reclaim and redefine the term as the ugly thing it is — to imbue it with its initial power.” That is the sort of development arc that led me to write It’s not that we don’t have a vocabulary for talking about sexual violence It is confusing and flattening in ways that make it hard to talk about sexual violence without either trivializing it or getting so specific as to become salacious or triggering I feel like I’m translating: taking the acts that actually happened and trying to cram them into the language that I have available to describe them And the inadequacy of our vocabulary for sexual violence extends to what should arguably be the most basic term of all: rape Feminists can insist that “rape” is not “the victim word,” because being raped doesn’t make victimhood central to your identity — but that logic doesn’t just erase all of the cultural baggage that has been piled on top of the word It doesn’t magically make our language feminist There are good reasons for feminists to continue to push back against the idea that to be raped is to be a passive victim Language is flexible and changes over time and continuing to be thoughtful and conscious about how we use weighted terms like “rape” can help us continue to break down the systems that make sexual violence so prevalent and so difficult to talk about in our culture it’s not fair to expect every woman in the world to align her understanding of her own experiences with one particular political project “Every woman gets to choose to her word.” Understand the world with a daily explainer plus the most compelling stories of the day Here’s why your potentially romantic meetup actually sucks. 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Quick wits saved a man’s life last month when a crane boom came down onto him in Nanjing UK rental company Clear View has ordered three Ruthmann truck mounted platforms US crane rental company Crane Service Inc has ordered another Liebherr LG 1800-1.0 wheeled lattice crane Haulotte has appointed Guillaume Van Hoeck as managing director Europe Czech crane rental company AG Transport has ordered an 800t LR 1800-1.0 lattice crawler German sales and rental company Kunze has added Elma cranes to its portfolio Open up an app and call an autonomous electric bus to take you to the nearest train station the automated shuttle picks up additional passengers with similar routes but DB is working on bringing this future closer and has already launched the first services The first autonomous public service vehicle on public roads is in operation in Bad Birnbach and an individual shuttle service in Hamburg offers flexible routes to get passengers to their destination at public transportation fares These new services were the brainchild of employees at ioki DB's new business segment for smart on-demand mobility The solution to this problem is on-demand individual and sustainable mobility which will be offered in combination with electric autonomous vehicles in the future Deutsche Bahn wants to be a pioneer in this digital field of the future As Germany's largest bus operator and a carsharing operator Deutsche Bahn already has extensive expertise and millions of customers who access public road transport Digitalization is now making new forms of mobility possible we want to network road transport with rail to a greater extent we want to improve the market for individual public mobility and enable on-demand mobility for customers who do not have their own car ioki develops specific solutions for cities transport companies and anyone who wants to shape the mobility market of the future today DB's new business unit is supported by an interdisciplinary team of IT and transport experts developers and designers who are piloting on-demand mobility autonomous driving and mobility analytics and are making them marketable for customers and partners Their work also includes developing mobility platforms The electric bus without driver arrives in Italy inaugurated a few days ago in Merano in Alto Adige which reflects a new approach to urban mobility which is slowly changing towards a more perspective between electric vehicles scooters and self-driving vehicles green and more sustainable The Italian electric bus without driver “entered service” in Merano in the province of Bolzano: it is an experimental project that wants to test the functioning and the response of citizens towards a vehicle of this type 4 standing – but no driver’s seat An artificial intelligence system uses data from satellite cameras and sensors to keep the road and surroundings under control to react to possible obstacles in record time If in our country it is an absolute novelty in the rest of the world such experiences are already a reality: in Germany there are several experiments in progress involving autonomous buses a yellow driverless bus is able to carry 6 people at a maximum speed of 15 km / h Given its small size it can easily be extricated even in the narrowest streets of the village vehicles capable of carrying a maximum of 10 passengers “represent a revolution for every city on the planet – said Deputy Mayor Jean-Louis Missika – and our urban climate and the use of public spaces will change over the next 20 years “ The role of these media is still under discussion but many see them as substitutes for private mobility to use in the suburbs that surround Paris to bring people from home to railway system stations and vice versa Innovation never travels on parallel tracks but often leads to intersections: in this perspective Local Motors has developed Olli 2.0 an autonomous electric shuttle that is almost totally 3D printed 80% of the vehicles have been created with this technique this is the second model in the series and includes other new features such as microphones and touchscreens with which people can interact and augmented reality systems soon to provide passengers with an even more complete experience of the trip ©2025 Treccani Futura | P. IVA 16110111008 | Privacy Policy CEO of German railway company Deutsche Bahn waves in front of the first German autonomous public transport bus during a presentation in Bad Birnbach Germany:  German state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn unveiled its first-ever driverless bus Wednesday saying the shuttle will bring passengers through a picturesque spa town to the train station The test route for the self-driving machine is in Bad Birnbach set in the rolling hills of the southeastern state Bavaria not far from the Czech and Austrian borders the 12-person bus will offer free rides on an eight-minute route linking the baths "We've just driven autonomously into a new era of transport," DB boss Richard Lutz The rail operator has launched a subsidiary dubbed Ioki to test future modes of transport focussing especially on electric-powered mobility the new buses will operate on test routes in several German towns including the country's second-largest city Hamburg DB hopes that in the future they will operate like a private car service picking up passengers from home on demand and bringing them to the station -- picking up others with the same destination along the way Las Vegas and Dubai -- are already experimenting on a small scale with autonomous vehicles complementing public transport systems From beautiful wind-swept islands to castle hotels and homely restaurants the best places to visit in Germany are where the locals go the town of Rottach-Egern is perched on the shores of lake Tegernsee Travellers can now fly from Munich and Frankfurt to Singapore on Vaccinated Travel Lanes without having to serve a stay-home notice when they return While the idea to travel without quarantine is certainly tempting there are polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and COVID-19 insurance to pay for besides the airfare which can add up to as much as the cost of an air ticket you’ll want to head to the worthy sightseeing places stylish hotels and gourmet restaurants the moment you land 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a unique culinary experience every time you step through the doors Our personal favourite Italian restaurant is Puro Bar e Cucina which is a half hour’s drive from Munich Airport and not far from Nymphenburg Palace in the Neuhausen district You can enjoy first-class Italian cuisine with a very homely vibe We love going there as he and restaurant manager Ann-Sophie take care of every guest warmly PRESIDENT AND CEO DAIMLER SOUTH EAST ASIA / MERCEDES-BENZ SINGAPORE The island Sylt in the north of Germany is worth exploring Get there from Frankfurt via plane or train then rent a Mercedes-EQ vehicle via Just Explore Sylt a Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-EQ vehicle rental service for exploring the island What I love most about this place is the nature and the tranquil walks you can have amid spectacular scenery My favourite spot is the so-called “elbow” in the north of the island it can become windy and sometimes even rainy Sylt offers some of the best hotels and restaurants in Germany My 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