Quite prepared to be shot down in flames here, but if the government is prepared to pay £2.4million per day to rent beds from private hospitals, how much would it cost to “rent” a few cruise ships, that are currently redundant, and utilise them for coronavirus patients that need hospitalisation, but are not high dependency? Floating hospitals that give patients total isolation, by dint of having there own cabin, with en-suite facilities. Food preparation facilities and a highly trained cleaning team in place, to ensure (probably) better hygiene than I witness when visiting the SGH. Anyone good at doing the maths? With the ships making nothing, whilst lying idle, surely there could be a deal to be done. The only drawback, other than cost, that I can see, would be the potential stigma of the ship being used in this way affecting the number of people who would sail on it, after the virus has run it’s course and the world returned to “normal”. Just going to grab my tin hat.
Barnet FC make 60 non playing staff redundant. https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...non-playing-staff-coronavirus-national-league
It's Saint Patrick's Day and for all those medics, nurses, medical support staff, police and other essential workers across the world who are carrying on doing what they do to protect and care for us, it seems appropriate to play this beautiful rendition of Mo Ghille Mear (My Gallant Hero) Every one of you is a hero .....
Thanks Badger. My disabled pal is doing ok thanks. We are keeping each other going and his lovely nurse pops in to check on him every few days. Other than being disabled, I don't think he is any more vulnerable than the rest of us over 60. He is a very cheerful and really funny guy and always sees the best in everyone. He sent me this last night .....
We're starting to get all the worried calls in about residents having lost their jobs/had their hours severely reduced and not being able to pay their rent. Its worrying times.
It seems the UK is lagging behind in providing aid for those in need. As ever it's those least able tha bear the brunt.
These are the people who have played a key hand in shaping American (and world) economic policy for the past forty years.
As I said above it's those that are least able that will suffer the most and bear the brunt of hardships. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...od-banks-close-poverty-shortage-a9405351.html
Oddly enough I don’t, but there are a lot of agency nurses, who could possibly be utilised and, as has been mentioned before, doctors could be asked to come out of retirement, on a temporary basis. Having said that, I am not in favour of elderly doctors becoming frontline doctors against a virus that targets the elderly.
They should be annexing private healthcare entirely. This renting of beds in service of the general public is disgusting. This should be wartime powers, all hands on deck stuff. Make the big changes now and save people in future.
We have the wrong government for anything to really benefit the general population. When this is all over and things start returning to some kind of normal, I wonder how many people that foolishly voted for these idiots will be wishing we had a government for the people. This is going to be a huge money making opportunity for the super rich.
This should absolutely be the death of capitalism and I’m so terrified that it will take something more severe.
Tim Martin Brexity Wetherspoons supremo moaning that govt have advised people to avoid going to the pub!