Firefighters to help cut strain
stride. The staff who’ll be working under her will be relying on her and they’ll become devoted to her, and she won’t let them down.
“The next time we see her in Derry, we’ll know her work is done and we pray we can allow Deirdre and heroes like her to retire and never have to do a job like this again.”
The Government says it expects 500 beds to be ready for use at the Nightingale Hospital by next week.
In total 4,000 beds are due to be installed at the centre in London’s Docklands. The Army is helping to build and support the facility.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it will “comprise two wards, each of 2,000 people”. “We’ll make sure we have the capacity we need so everyone can get the support they need,” he said.
Other cities are preparing as the pandemic reaches its peak.
It has been reported around 13 makeshift hospitals may be needed.
The National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham has been earmarked as a potential venue. In Manchester, the Central Convention Complex is thought to be under consideration. In
Beds delivered for the new hospital
Scotland the Army is establishing the SEC in Glasgow is suitable.
Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood said: “There are sites being considered this week.”
The former IBM factory in if have also offered their 14,870-capacity Parc y Scarlets for free to the NHS. Major General Timothy Cross, who ran NATO’s emergency relief in Kosovo and Macedonia in the 1990s, said it was a “big process” to create a field hospital, but the military was used to it. He said: “What you’ve got in the ExCeL centre is a large, open space with power, lighting, water, sanitation, good accessibility but obviously the ability to isolate.”
One senior NHS source said the opening of emergency centres will follow the “clusters” of the disease.
The source said: “The emergency provision we’ve seen in London could be three or four weeks away for Scotland, Northern England and other areas in the south.”
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Greenock, to the west of Glasgow, has also been suggested.
While the Welsh Rugby Union has made the Principality Stadium in Cardiff available.
Welsh rugby union team Scarlets
Matt Wrack of the FBU
FIREFIGHTERS will deliver food and medicine, drive ambulances and retrieve bodies in the event of mass fatalities under emergency plans.
The measures agreed by the Fire Brigades Union, fire chiefs and employers will affect 48,000 firefighters and control staff.
They will run for two months but can be extended if needed.
FBU general secretary Matt Wrack said: “Firefighters are fantastic at teamwork, experienced in driving emergency vehicles and, as a service rooted in the community, may be best placed to deliver items to the vulnerable.”
This is a massive job but if anyone can do this Deirdre can