Here's a prime example of where fantasy meets reality. Now... you tell me if my TV licence money is being wasted.
'Holby City is a BBC drama set in -where else but London and one would've thought the actors weren't real doctors
and the equipment used was fake too.
Well, one would have thought that since this article comes from the BBC website and supposedly written by Journalists,
they would've investigated the situation to explain how much of the medical equipment was real and how much wasn't.
It would be a little embarrassing if one of the delivered ventilators is later discovered to be made of plywood and some
DIY hosing! Yes, I think investigating -that strange word for the BBC, should be in order. If not, then this is mere virtue
signalling.
Talk about making a drama out of a crisis! It's a noble act by the Broadcasting company, but it's odd that you waited until
the Nightingale facility was available. Maybe the virus likes London and the month of April better than February, March and
the rest of the country?
'Holby City is a BBC drama set in -where else but London and one would've thought the actors weren't real doctors
and the equipment used was fake too.
Quote:Coronavirus: Holby City donates ventilators to London Nightingale hospital.
'The BBC medical drama Holby City has donated fully working ventilators from its set at Elstree to be used in London's
new NHS Nightingale Hospital. The corporation shared the news in a tweet, with a photo of workers unloading equipment
from a van.
Holby City executive producer Simon Harper said they wanted to help "the courageous and selfless real-life medics".
The drama, set in a fictional West Country city, has paused production.
Quote:BBC Studios
@bbcstudios
Fully operational ventilators from the Holby City set arrived at the new Nightingale Hospital yesterday.
Exec Producer Simon Harper said: "We are only too happy to help out and do what we can for the
courageous and selfless real life medics."
It is unclear how many ventilators have been donated, or why operational medical equipment was used on set...'
Well, one would have thought that since this article comes from the BBC website and supposedly written by Journalists,
they would've investigated the situation to explain how much of the medical equipment was real and how much wasn't.
It would be a little embarrassing if one of the delivered ventilators is later discovered to be made of plywood and some
DIY hosing! Yes, I think investigating -that strange word for the BBC, should be in order. If not, then this is mere virtue
signalling.
Quote:'...A ventilator takes over the body's breathing when disease has resulted in the lungs failing.BBC:
The first of the government's emergency field hospitals to help fight the pandemic was created in just nine days, opening
at east London's ExCel centre last Friday.
The BBC donated the ventilators to the London Nightingale as the drama is filmed at Elstree studios, in Hertfordshire.
Last month, Holby City and another BBC medical drama, Casualty, announced plans to donate protective equipment
and other kit from their sets to the NHS.
London's temporary Nightingale Hospital is able to hold as many as 4,000 patients and is the first of several such facilities
planned across the UK. There are also Nightingale hospitals in Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Harrogate, with two
more announced on Friday on Wearside and in Exeter.
The BBC's move follows a government drive to source thousands more ventilators to help ease the pressure on hospitals
caused by the pandemic. British manufacturers have answered the government's appeal by turning their operations to
making novel ventilators.
An order has been placed by the government for 10,000 newly-designed machines from technology firm Dyson.
It came as the UK recorded its highest daily death toll since the outbreak began, with another 980 recorded hospital deaths,
bringing the total to 8,958. That death toll, which does not include those who died in care homes or the community, has now
exceeded the worst daily figures seen in Italy and Spain...'
Talk about making a drama out of a crisis! It's a noble act by the Broadcasting company, but it's odd that you waited until
the Nightingale facility was available. Maybe the virus likes London and the month of April better than February, March and
the rest of the country?
Edith Head Gives Good Wardrobe.