05 April 2020
Statements from ExCeL London and the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company regarding the NHS Nightingale Hospital
Jeremy Rees, Chief Executive, ExCeL London said:
“The use of ExCeL London for NHS Nightingale London has always been provided to the NHS rent free. We joined the national effort to combat coronavirus immediately and worked in close partnership with the NHS to ensure this hospital could be up and running in a matter of days.
“The initial agreement with the NHS included a contribution to some fixed costs. We have since decided to cover the fixed costs ourselves.
“The ExCeL London facility is fully available to the NHS, and we are here to support all their needs and requirements during this crisis.
“I’ve seen first-hand the fantastic work that NHS Nightingale London is doing to save lives and respond to the largest national emergency the UK has faced in a generation. It is a privilege to support the NHS and its wonderful staff working tirelessly night and day to protect people and save lives.”
Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri, MD and GCEO of Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) said:
“Protecting people and saving lives are of the utmost importance as we face this unprecedented global pandemic.
“We are doing all that we can to help the UK through these challenging times. To be clear, profit has always been the furthest thing from our minds. The venue was offered rent free from the initial conversation with the NHS, and ADNEC Group will ensure the ExCeL London partnership comes at no cost to the NHS.
“It is our firm commitment that we will not charge a penny for the use of our facilities, and we will provide the NHS with the operational and logistical support it needs for NHS Nightingale London.
“We stand in solidarity with Britain in facing this crisis together, as friends and partners.”
could have got himself into a pickle too
"I consider them essential for my mental health" is a phrase I've encountered more than once in recent weeks.The thing is they are deliberately vague about what is "essential". If you consume a lot of champagne and caviar then you would probably consider buying more an essential replenishment of supplies. Until they forbid stores to sell certain lines then anything they sell is essential to somebody and its not up to some self appointed authority figure to say otherwise. If I were told cheese and crackers are none-essential I'd just ask where it says that.
I bet that grates.A mate was reprimanded for leaving a supermarket with just cheese and crackers yesterday...
Do you work at a brothel?"I consider them essential for my mental health" is a phrase I've encountered more than once in recent weeks.
Probably get away with it if she was not the cmo, daft woman.
If anyone would like cheering up.
Arseholes of the highest degree and yes I would hope that on this occasion we start to get a little tougher with these wankers.Yeah seen that mate.
But when you got some dumb arse fker,who in a position off power, and a shadow health secretary,check your fking facts before laundering the abuse in a national bogpaper for all to read,
I hope there retribution from the owners
And fk they yankee fkers right off to,unless am reading into it to much,seeing it states there not charges,
I would imagine after all the fucking idiots ignore the stay at home advice today, then by tomorrow night it will be a total lockdown .
As of 5pm Saturday another 621 people have died.
That's a drop but given the trends of recent weeks there'll probably be a huge rise tomorrow or Tuesday. Seem to recall last Sunday dropping as well, maybe they call the figures sooner.
I hope I'm wrong.
Cheering me up. Nice idea but didn't quite gel for me.What? Cheering you up or the link? :-)
End of May, not end of April. The graphs suggest 200 deaths per day by end of April. :-(
And as you pointed out, the decay side of the curve is probably wrong (heck it's probably all wrong, it's only a model) since it will probably take longer to decay after the peak.
Cheering me up. Nice idea but didn't quite gel for me.
But I went back to the best flashmob ever (start another self-isolation survival thread if you disagree). Looking for happier times when this is all over..
Maybe they are all amateur referees.Is it just me or do people vastly underestimate how far 2m is? I see people spacing out in queues etc but they are not even 1m apart let alone 2m. Get a tape measure out and it seems most people would be shocked to see the actual distance we need to keep away from one another. And that is the MINIMUM distance. They seem to be confusing 2m with 2 steps.
Sturgeon agrees they will increase TuesdayAs of 5pm Saturday another 621 people have died.
That's a drop but given the trends of recent weeks there'll probably be a huge rise tomorrow or Tuesday. Seem to recall last Sunday dropping as well, maybe they call the figures sooner.
I hope I'm wrong.