Love this tweet

[islaydarkblue]

So basically you have no evidence that thousands of people died because their cancer treatment was stopped. In fact, less people died from cancer in 2020 than average. Thousands died from covid first, but they are dismissed .. because they had cancer.

But if we're now allowed to talk about worst-case scenarios, 500,000 people would be dead now without lockdown.

I have a relative who lives in a village near Oban.
Last May 2020 one of the residents in her village was receiving treatment for cancer at the Beatson in Glasgow. This person received a phone call asking if he wanted to come to the Beatson for his next course of treatment. He was delighted to accept and travelled to get his treatment staying in Gartnaval hospital which is next door to the Beatson hospital. Sadly this patient contracted the Covid-19 virus in Gartnaval hospital and sadly died.
If he had turned down the offer of his next round of cancer treatment he might still be alive.

[Taintedice]

I have a relative who lives in a village near Oban.
Last May 2020 one of the residents in her village was receiving treatment for cancer at the Beatson in Glasgow. This person received a phone call asking if he wanted to come to the Beatson for his next course of treatment. He was delighted to accept and travelled to get his treatment staying in Gartnaval hospital which is next door to the Beatson hospital. Sadly this patient contracted the Covid-19 virus in Gartnaval hospital and sadly died.
If he had turned down the offer of his next round of cancer treatment he might still be alive.

A tragic incident which shows why decisions were made to delay treatments in hospitals. And why there are now dedicated hubs set up around the UK, to avoid that happening more often.

[islaydarkblue]

A tragic incident which shows why decisions were made to delay treatments in hospitals. And why there are now dedicated hubs set up around the UK, to avoid that happening more often.

This person might never contracted Covid-19 if the Pond Hotel close to Gartnaval Hospital and the Beatson had not been sold.
People attending the Beatson for cancer treatment daily from Monday to Friday who lived out with the Glasgow area used to stay in the Pond Hotel.
Gartnaval is an outdated hospital which should have been replaced years ago.