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Huws: Doctors Like My Dad Are Treating Patients Without Proper Protective Kit
Sunday, 22nd Mar 2020 18:47

Blues midfielder Emyr Huws says doctors such as his father are “treating patients without proper protective kit” during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Huws, whose father Rhys is an NHS GP in the Wales international’s home town of Llanelli, also urged the public to adhere to guidance regarding social distancing and self-isolation.

“Doctors like my dad are treating patients without proper protective kit, this is wrong and upsetting!” the 26-year-old tweeted.

“The least everyone can do is to isolate diligently to try and slow this down. This isn’t a game. You are risking leaving our health care on the frontline helpless.”

Speaking earlier today, Dr Rinesh Parmar, chair of the Doctors Association, said his organisation's members feel they are being left unprepared.

“We have had doctors tell us they feel like lambs to the slaughter, that they feel like cannon fodder. GPs tell us that they feel absolutely abandoned," he said.

“We are all pleading with Boris Johnson that [the government] really look into arranging the vital personal protection equipment that all of us need on the NHS frontline.

"What our doctors are telling us is that although equipment is arriving, some of it is inadequate, some of it doesn’t meet the World Health Organization guidance. That really doesn’t fill frontline healthcare staff with the confidence that they need.”


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runningout added 19:27 - Mar 22
Well said.. I have family working in NHS and they're at limit. One major hospital covering a region has been a disaster awaiting. More illness specific clinics/hospitals I say required
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bobble added 22:30 - Mar 22
well if the voters keep installing heartless plastic politicians with neo liberal policies that strip the education and health and social security systems bare so they can further reward the wealthy for being wealthy, then what do people expect but doctors working with inadequate equipment ?.
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Taricco_Fan added 23:48 - Mar 22
It's worth noting that NHS Wales has a reputation for being poorly run and is (mis)managed by a Labour-led Welsh Assembly.
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tractorboybig added 07:07 - Mar 23
the reality is ...where do you find millions of such items at short notice when the whole world wants them at the same time.?
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Ryorry added 15:51 - Mar 23
Well said Emyr, and I salute your Dad & all his colleagues.
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