What’s the critical incident at Watford hospital?

[Momrose12]

Public are being asked to not go there. Does anyone know what happened??

Not trying to downplay the incident and my heart goes out to all the staff in Watford dealing with this.

How on earth is @Wehttam scaremongering?

It's the wording.
Yes, it's a pandemic.
Yes, it's scary.
How in the heck is going around shouting "we're doooooooooomed" (to paraphrase) helping anything?
The posts are doing nothing apart from whipping up fear and panic.

Its not what whettam is saying more the way in which he does it. He has form for a tone that (inadvertently or not) creates a sense of breathless, drama ridden anxiety

Didn't see this before I just posted - EXACTLY!

Bluebluezoo

Your post:

Bollocks. People on here have posted that they heard from close relatives and somebody who’s grandson might be in hospital that all the oxygen had run out.

FACT.

(Because everyone knows if you write fact in capitals after making a statement it means it’s definitely true and not made up or misinterpreted at all)

My post, part of which you chose to quote:

I have a grandchild in Watford General Hospital, admitted through a&e this morning. They will probably need surgery tomorrow in which case they have been told they will have to be moved to another hospital. Because there is no oxygen

I referred to a grandchild, in Watford hospital. There's no 'might be' about it. And they were told there was no oxygen, not that 'all the oxygen had run out'. I did not conclude with FACT.

I am worried about my grandchild and the possibility of surgery tomorrow under the current circumstances. Your post was unnecessarily sarcastic

Also, it's 'whose' not 'who's'. I'm absolutely sure you won't mind me pointing this out.

@frumpety

The problem is not unique to COVID but West Herts are desperately short of A&E facilities and the nearest one, Northwick Park, has its own issues. That region is a disaster waiting to happen but anything could’ve tipped it over the edge.

Without getting into the politics of this thread, the Excel Nightingale will open from Monday and will only be accepting already ventilated patients transferred from other hospitals. There is no A&E, you cannot just rock up, you cannot visit. This isn't a hospital per se. It's a facility. It is for seriously ill patients.

So regardless of where you stand on the whole hysteria issues you really don't want to end up In the Nightingale!!!

It’s reopened.