Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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Armaghtoffee said:
  • Retailers with mixed retail offering which have discrete spaces for essential and non-essential retail should make arrangements for the separation of relevant areas.
  • Outlets selling food or beverages on a takeaway basis, or newspapers, whether on a retail or wholesale basis and whether in a non-specialised or specialised outlet.
  • Markets that, wholly or principally, offer food for sale.
  • Outlets selling products necessary for the essential upkeep and functioning of places of residence and businesses, whether on a retail or wholesale basis.
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So can furniture shops open?
 
Bruce Wayne said:
So had to go into hospital this morning. We were told I could go in to support my wife beforehand, but upon arrival, the security guard at the door said nope, no partners allowed. What's more, he said I'm not even allowed in the building and have to wait outside. The wife said that having spoken to staff that I could come up when they've done the scan. Obviously, the NHS being the NHS they were late with the appointment, so she had to sit in the waiting room re-living our visit from a fortnight ago when she was told (also alone) that she had miscarried for an hour, after which she was seen in the exact same room as before. The scan done (to confirm that yep, she really has miscarried rather than the foetus hiding or something), she calls me to say I can come up to sit in on the post-scan consultation.

Security guard was an arse again but get past him and there's a nurse on the door of the unit guarding the entrance. She says "no partners", and in a proper arsey way demands to know what I'm doing there, so I have to explain to her that my wife is inside being told we have definitely lost our baby and it'd be kinda nice if I could be there to support her. Another 30 minutes then waiting in the consultation room on our own before anyone sees us.

So all in all, any progress we'd made in actually coming to terms with this over the past 10 days has gone to [Poor language removed] because the hospital experience was so bloody in-humane. So if you fellas want to piss about, not wearing masks or ignoring social distancing, get-to-[Poor language removed].
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Really saddened to read this. Hope you and your wife can stay strong and get through this. The attitude of the hospital staff towards you both was appalling.
As with others on here, we had difficulties with miscarriages and other issues, but ended up with a healthy boy and girl eventually - followed by a speedy vasectomy for me!!!
 
Bruce Wayne said:
So had to go into hospital this morning. We were told I could go in to support my wife beforehand, but upon arrival, the security guard at the door said nope, no partners allowed. What's more, he said I'm not even allowed in the building and have to wait outside. The wife said that having spoken to staff that I could come up when they've done the scan. Obviously, the NHS being the NHS they were late with the appointment, so she had to sit in the waiting room re-living our visit from a fortnight ago when she was told (also alone) that she had miscarried for an hour, after which she was seen in the exact same room as before. The scan done (to confirm that yep, she really has miscarried rather than the foetus hiding or something), she calls me to say I can come up to sit in on the post-scan consultation.

Security guard was an arse again but get past him and there's a nurse on the door of the unit guarding the entrance. She says "no partners", and in a proper arsey way demands to know what I'm doing there, so I have to explain to her that my wife is inside being told we have definitely lost our baby and it'd be kinda nice if I could be there to support her. Another 30 minutes then waiting in the consultation room on our own before anyone sees us.

So all in all, any progress we'd made in actually coming to terms with this over the past 10 days has gone to [Poor language removed] because the hospital experience was so bloody in-humane. So if you fellas want to piss about, not wearing masks or ignoring social distancing, get-to-[Poor language removed].
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That is awful Bruce, sorry to hear
 
Bruce Wayne said:
So had to go into hospital this morning. We were told I could go in to support my wife beforehand, but upon arrival, the security guard at the door said nope, no partners allowed. What's more, he said I'm not even allowed in the building and have to wait outside. The wife said that having spoken to staff that I could come up when they've done the scan. Obviously, the NHS being the NHS they were late with the appointment, so she had to sit in the waiting room re-living our visit from a fortnight ago when she was told (also alone) that she had miscarried for an hour, after which she was seen in the exact same room as before. The scan done (to confirm that yep, she really has miscarried rather than the foetus hiding or something), she calls me to say I can come up to sit in on the post-scan consultation.

Security guard was an arse again but get past him and there's a nurse on the door of the unit guarding the entrance. She says "no partners", and in a proper arsey way demands to know what I'm doing there, so I have to explain to her that my wife is inside being told we have definitely lost our baby and it'd be kinda nice if I could be there to support her. Another 30 minutes then waiting in the consultation room on our own before anyone sees us.

So all in all, any progress we'd made in actually coming to terms with this over the past 10 days has gone to [Poor language removed] because the hospital experience was so bloody in-humane. So if you fellas want to piss about, not wearing masks or ignoring social distancing, get-to-[Poor language removed].
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That's horrible mate. I'm so sorry.
 
davmaher said:
Really saddened to read this. Hope you and your wife can stay strong and get through this. The attitude of the hospital staff towards you both was appalling.
As with others on here, we had difficulties with miscarriages and other issues, but ended up with a healthy boy and girl eventually - followed by a speedy vasectomy for me!!!
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On the plus side, it wasn't raining so I wasn't doing a bad Roy Batty impression when they kicked me out.
 
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