clubchamp98
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My son works in a major hospital.
He said it’s like a ghost town with a lot of people not attending.
But A&E is deserted as people don’t just turn up because they can’t get a doctor’s appointment.
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He said it’s like a ghost town with a lot of people not attending.
But A&E is deserted as people don’t just turn up because they can’t get a doctor’s appointment.
clubchamp98
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Probably thinking if it hasn’t got me yet it’s not going to or I am immune.
The guidance from government gives you choices they are just using the one that says you can go out.
There was a cancer specialist on TV this morning. The number of patients he is seeing at the moment is 20% of the usual volume. He was very worried, cancer hasn't gone into lockdown during this period.
The A & E one is interesting. If only people would be responsible towards that dept all of the time.
SocketRocket
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Do we need to have that type of detail. You might as you have a particular mindset where you seem to need to be updated with everything going on but I suspect your main reason for this is to furnish you with ammunition to snipe at the Government. It's no different to the way you reacted to Brexit.
User20204
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Possibly, I for one am far more relaxed about it, not saying I won't catch it but when only 4% of the population have, at things stand, your chances of catching seem quite remote given these figures.
Imurg
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In the early days of the lockdown there were a number of cases at Stoke Mandeville of parents bringing kids into A&E too late for the doctors to do much
Parents were scared to go for fear of catching C19. A few kids died or had to have major surgery for relatively minor problems just left too long without medical attention.
The Mrs, on the Special Care Baby Unit, says their workload is lighter than normal because they've got more staff.
They had to split the staff into 2 groups working 2 on/2 off, 3 shifts per group.
There have to be senior pediatricians stationed exclusively in the unit as they can't be flitting from SCBU to Pediatrics or anywhere else.
They're feeling a bit guilty as they're having it fairly easy while the C19 areas have nosed to the grind
Just for a bit of clarity, its not the patients not turning up. Their appointments are being cancelled by the hospital because their immune system has been compromised by chemo.
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They still have it. What is important to know about the metro is that it's run by the daily mail. So it's not to be trusted
Sorry, well clarified. The doctor was not attacking the patients. He was hoping for a lifting of some restrictions so that treatment, appointments etc could start to return to normal. He was worried that cancers would be spreading unchecked during this time, heart diseases his other big concern. He wasn't demanding the lifting, just pointing out the consequences of the current situation.
I can't remember the blokes name but he spoke very well.
fundy
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harpo_72
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Knocked out some face shield things. They have been directly delivering them to the hospitals that had requested them.
They have all been gratefully received and some doctors and surgeons have sent personal emails of thanks .. which is lovely but unnecessary, I think we all wish we could help.
They have all been gratefully received and some doctors and surgeons have sent personal emails of thanks .. which is lovely but unnecessary, I think we all wish we could help.
Swinglowandslow
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Look up the word "exponential ". If you know what it means, your comment is
.........strange...shall I say.?
hovis
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walking down the canal today and there was a boat owner moaning at 4 guys kayaking down the canal together drinking beers. they told him to F off and carried on. he recons he knows where they keep their boats and tonight he's going to drill holes in them ?
SwingsitlikeHogan
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If the number matters to the extent that it is repeated by ministers almost whenever asked about PPE - then I might ask why not - because they must know to have come up with the figure? Without knowing how the number is made up it is rather meaningless...and if I was inclined I could flip this on it's head and suggest that you don't think it necessary as it might expose the 1bn figure as a little bit of smoke and mirrors. But I won't - as that would be getting political and so not for here.
Slime
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I don't think I've seen anyone with fear in their eyes.
Maybe I don't know what it looks like, or maybe I'm just not looking for it.
SocketRocket
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What difference does it make to you or me, we cant change anything. It's up to the politicians to deal with these issues and for most reasonably minded people we consider they are making the best of a bad situation, why should they need to inform the public about the minute details of what PPE has been issued, It's a massively complex logistical program so please can you stop going on about it.
Gut feel; it was too significant a number and too rounded for it to be true. However, I'm not interested in it. All I want is for this crisis to be managed professionally. There'll be time afterwards to chase up past history of what went right, what went wrong and what was proven to be a lie.
User20204
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Two or three weeks ago in supermarkets it was obvious people were walking around with a concerned look about them, those mannerisms seem to be relaxed recently.
GB72
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Agree but far more masks now and people acting like a mask makes them virus proof. Sort of wanted to point out that them wearing a mask gives more protection to me than it does to them