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The Word

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First episode dateAugust 10, 1990
Final episode dateMarch 24, 1995
Networks Channel 4
Production location(s)Limehouse Studios
Teddington Studios
Number of episodes 104
Presented by Terry Christian
Mark Lamarr
Dani Behr
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About The Word


The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. which took its name from the regular column covering up and coming Manchester bands in the Manchester Evening News written by Terry Christian.

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Coronavirus: Body-bag-share 'in danger of running out'

Nov 17,2023 8:51 pm

morgue supplier have said, the Bbc News , you have to sell any share of standard-body-bags on the left, blame the lack of stock due to the Corona Virus pandemic.

not to be sourced New stock from abroad, for many weeks, they say.

The NHS says that there are currently sufficient stocks, But the health of the workers report to wrap in the leaves.

Public Health England, said The Virus , the Covid-19 degraded quickly after the patient had died.

And there was no specific demand for Body Bags for the transport of these bodies, although "there are also other practical reasons for their use can".

hairdresser-Medical, which supplies the NHS contract for the morgue, said the availability of the RV-mortuary bags was a real problem, and they could not be obtained, everywhere.

The Company has, however, the availability of polyethylene bag, known as a body bag bags increased, and urged each hospital or trust will struggle to connect with supplies.

A major supplier to the funeral home also to the BBC said the News could not Body Bags to summarize, because of the storage

NHS trusts and funeral Directors were desperate for The Bags and "horrified" by the official guidance, it for sure was not to use them, it said.

The Bags sold are made in China, But He Said it took Six Weeks to ship to the UK and air freighting it was prohibitively Expensive .

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The Company looked into his own bags, But plastic is no source of the required fiber.

The supplier also said it was not able to keep up with the desperate requirement of undertakers for personal protective equipment (PPE) and the whole industry was worried about How To cope with current mortality rates.

William quail, Executive Director of the morgue provides The Company 's funeral homes Equipment Direct, has a group of people hired to sew between 150 and 200 Body Bags on the day, But He Said he was struggling to provide the products to hospitals due to bureaucracy.

He Said , at £57. 50 The Bags were more Expensive than those from China, of which, He Said , it costs £9.

"the Dignity of the human person, The Word ," Mr quail said. "I don't Think £57 seems to be very much, if it is your mother or father. I understand they are more Expensive , But what is a body value, you treat it with respect. "

Psychological effect

On Monday, Sally good right, a nurse in a west London Hospital , wrote on Facebook, in a post later, it was removed: "we ran out of Body Bags , But still, The Dead were coming out of the Church. "

The GMB union says that some carriers have been told to transport the body of a patient, the in the leaves.

Helen O'connor, a regional organiser of the Epsom and St. Helier NHS Trust, said: "We Are extremely concerned about the mental and physical well-being of our hospital members that are traumatized and struggling to cope with the effects of this pandemic.

"you are at The Front , the nature of the work, the hardship to anyone and, increasingly, dealing with the Death . is "

A spokeswoman for The Trust denied there was a shortage - But the dispute leaves were used to wrap the body, say, there were a lot of RV-body-bags for The Hospital trust by the current time, But under the Public Health England guidance, they were not always necessary.

The manual says: "Body Bags are not required, But can be used for other practical reasons.

"Place a cloth or mask over The Mouth of The Deceased , if you help, you can move to prevent the release of aerosols. "

Bbc News also received a report from a worker at Watford General Hospital , the said sheets were used to wrap The Dead .

As The West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust was asked if bed linen was attached, he replied: "We Are packing the body in accordance with national procedures. "

Bbc News understands an emergency stock of thousands of Body Bags is kept to be provided by emergency services, hospitals, and undertakers.

A NHS Supply Chain spokeswoman said it had expected a sufficient supply of Body Bags , and had, more coming soon.

industry body The British Plastics Federation, said UK-plastic companies, came to help, to offer the devices in high demand, But there were no requests for Body Bags .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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