Google Search Reveals the Grim Reaper

Google users looking up Tameside Hospitalwere shocked when their Google search revealed an image of the grim reaperoutside the building. The picture originated from a blogging website detailingarticles about the number of deaths at the hospital. The Google search rose tothe top of Google’s keywords ranking system. A spokesperson for Google affirmedthat the image was removed from their database and replaced the image with amore appropriate one.

The Tameside Hospial’s death rate is beingreviewed. Between October of 2011 and September of 2012, a comparison was donebetween Tameside and another hospital similarly situated and the comparisonrevealed that 18 percent more patients die at Tameside. Tameside Hospital hasnot commented on the subject.  

See Richard Wheatstone, Google Kill Off the Grim Reaper From Tameside Hospital Web Search Page, Manchester Evening News, Jun. 26, 2013.

Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.