Medic! We have a typing injury!

The Ministry of Defence came under attack after it was revealed a computer clerk with the RAF who suffered a hand injury while typing in numbers was paid almost THIRTY times what a soldier injured in combat might get for the same injury.

The mystery woman, who is in her 20s, cost the MoD £484,000 in damages and legal costs after she was diagnosed with the RSI-style condition de Quervain's tenosynovitis.

Yet a serving soldier who comes home from war suffering from "permanent severely impaired grip in both hands" will only get a one-off payment of £16,500.

Amazingly the official tariff of payments to our boys show they can expect just £28,750 for blindness in one eye, £57,500 for the loss of a leg and just £8,250 for injuries associated with surviving a gunshot wound to the torso.

The MoD calculates injury payments to soldiers on a 15-point sliding scale.

A level 1 injury which can be loss of both legs and arms qualifies for a £285,000 payment while a level 15 injury such as a hernia or a fractured kneecap would qualify for just £1,050.

Just a thought but why didn’t the MoD use the same 15 point scale for their other employees? Wouldn’t it be easier to give out about £1,000 instead of £484,000? I don’t believe she should have received anything. I think it’s a betrayal to the real injured soldiers but if she is going to receive something the scale should be the same for all MoD employees.