Healers' Association of Hogwarts 24.1 Safety of St Mungos

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Activity Name: Safety of St Mungos
Deadline: 31st October 11.59pm UTC
Points:Long debate: Participation 10pts, Additional comment: 2pts.
Details:Debate on whether the St Mungos system of only having one magical hospital for the nation is suitable or dangerous considering it could be attacked. On one hand, it keeps things central and the type of healer needed is always on hand but on the other if it was taken over, there is no other hospital ect. Debate it out. :)


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Comments

[c-hrista.livejournal.com]

I'm a fan of diversifying so there's always a back up plan. Even at work, I get frustrated if there's only one person able to complete a task -- it creates a Single Point of Failure, should that person be out sick or want to go on vacation or something. I'm not sure about the number of wizards in Britain, but it seems dangerous to only have the one magical hospital for the area. If there was any kind of terrorist activity there, what would happen with magical healthcare? Granted, it seems like many wizards/witches were at least a little versed in Healing spells/potions, but it'd be terrifying to have to rely on an unschooled person for healthcare should something happen to St. Mungos.

Christa / Slytherin

[slumber.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I agree with the risk associated with a Single Point of Failure -- there's just too much relying on things running as efficiently as possible to take that risk. I think JKR mentioned there were 3000 wizards in Britain, which to me seems a bit small because she also said there were "thousands" of students in Hogwarts, plus the wizarding society seems plenty robust to me.

Evyclaw