The reason, I'm sorry to say Roger, is that the UK has been seized by the "Health and Safety mafia". The Great British Public are no longer to be trusted to think for themselves, and simply have to be told what's good for them. It's a (sad) state of affairs often summed up by the phrase "Nanny Knows Best"!
You see, it seems that we were all in danger of becoming Mad as Hatters by continuing to use "risky equipment" like mercury sphygmomanometers! These days we have to waste money on "high-tech" solutions to every aspect of our lives. The tried and tested methods handed down to us just don't
cut the mustard, apparently.
But alas, only the other day I was asked to source a few of these deadly instruments for a charity hospital in Africa ... and couldn't immediately lay my hands on any. Does anybody have a few boxes of junked sphyg's they can donate?
