UK coronavirus victims have lain undetected at home for two weeks

[Borchester]

FFS it is NOT a subject for levity.

You are right.



You reckon the dustmen deserve a £10 tip?

[papasmurf]

That could be any of us Pappy.



Dying alone in pain and squalor until the neighbours break in and find us gnawed by rats and in pools of our own bodily  wastes and the locals say well, he always ponged a bit so we did not really notice much difference. Then they will have a whip round and tip the dustmen a fiver to take us away.



   

FFS it is NOT a subject for levity.

[Borg Refinery]

This is what was feared from the beginning - I'm not sure why there hasn't been a bigger campaign on getting people to check up on elderly neighbours, even if they don't know them.



In my village there were people who were going round checking on every house to see who needed help for a while - not sure if they are still doing that.  However if the person doesn't answer the door that doesn't help unless they know that someone should be in there.

This is why we need the help of China, we can monitor them without their knowledge, to check that old dears and bores haven't suffered their described fates.  8-)

[Borchester]

Sorry for the newspaper link, but frankly I suspected people were going to die at home and not be found for weeks:-



More at link:-



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-uk-patients-dead-two-weeks-home-loneliness-epidemic-a9554261.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/heal ... 54261.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-uk-patients-dead-two-weeks-home-loneliness-epidemic-a9554261.html



2 hours ago

Dozens of Covid-19 patients died at home alone and weren't discovered for up to two weeks, according to a report.



Medics investigating such deaths said that people had only been found after friends, relatives or neighbours had sounded the alarm and alerted authorities.



Some cases had gone under the radar for so long that their bodies had begun to decompose, leading to fears of an "epidemic of loneliness".



Exactly how many people have died at home alone is not yet known, but all such cases have been referred to local coroners upon discovery, The Guardian reported.



It is understood several dozen such cases occurred in London between March and May, with inquests due to take place in the coming months.

That could be any of us Pappy.



Dying alone in pain and squalor until the neighbours break in and find us gnawed by rats and in pools of our own bodily  wastes and the locals say well, he always ponged a bit so we did not really notice much difference. Then they will have a whip round and tip the dustmen a fiver to take us away.



   

[Javert]

This is what was feared from the beginning - I'm not sure why there hasn't been a bigger campaign on getting people to check up on elderly neighbours, even if they don't know them.



In my village there were people who were going round checking on every house to see who needed help for a while - not sure if they are still doing that.  However if the person doesn't answer the door that doesn't help unless they know that someone should be in there.

[papasmurf]

Sorry for the newspaper link, but frankly I suspected people were going to die at home and not be found for weeks:-



More at link:-



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-uk-patients-dead-two-weeks-home-loneliness-epidemic-a9554261.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/heal ... 54261.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-uk-patients-dead-two-weeks-home-loneliness-epidemic-a9554261.html



2 hours ago

Dozens of Covid-19 patients died at home alone and weren't discovered for up to two weeks, according to a report.



Medics investigating such deaths said that people had only been found after friends, relatives or neighbours had sounded the alarm and alerted authorities.



Some cases had gone under the radar for so long that their bodies had begun to decompose, leading to fears of an "epidemic of loneliness".



Exactly how many people have died at home alone is not yet known, but all such cases have been referred to local coroners upon discovery, The Guardian reported.



It is understood several dozen such cases occurred in London between March and May, with inquests due to take place in the coming months.