Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Nurse Who Nearly Died From Covid Sues NHS for Negligence; NYC Public Housing Residents Could Have Up to 18 Months of Back Rent Covered by $185M in New Funds, and other C-Virus related stories

Nurse who nearly died from Covid sues NHS for negligence:
Rebecca Firth, 42, is seeking damages from Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust for allegedly failing to provide her with adequate PPE
A nurse who nearly died from Covid-19 is suing the NHS for negligence and failing to provide her with proper personal protective equipment (PPE).
Rebecca Firth spent 21 days in intensive care and almost a month on a ventilator, after suffering three cardiac arrests, sepsis and multiple organ failure as a result of coronavirus.
The 42-year-old was left so weakened she needed a wheelchair to leave when she was eventually discharged from hospital.
Ms Firth is now seeking damages from Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, saying she caught the virus from patients at Dewsbury and District Hospital in March 2020, near the start of the pandemic.
The mother of one accuses the trust of negligence, alleging that it failed to provide her with a safe place and safe system of work, and failed to provide adequate PPE, giving her just a paper mask instead.
In documents lodged with the High Court her legal team also accuses the trust of failing to tell Ms Firth that she should have been shielding at home until it was too late.
‘Her case was an awful one’
Her legal team at Taylor & Emmet Solicitors in Sheffield stated: “She contracted Covid-19 at a time when ... she ought to have been ‘shielding’, as she had, prior to April 2020, repeatedly requested the defendant to consider allowing her to do.
“[Rebecca’s] case of Covid-19 was a particularly awful one. She was admitted to hospital by ambulance on April 7 2020, where two hours later she was transferred to ICU, spending 21 days in critical care, 29 days on a ventilator, and experiencing three cardiac arrests, blood transfusions, sepsis and multiple organ failure.”
Ms Firth, of Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, also accuses the trust of having “failed to heed that, by reason of her particular vulnerabilities, [she] was at risk of serious and potentially life-threatening complications in the event she contracted Covid-19”. --->READ MORE HERE
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NYC public housing residents could have up to 18 months of back rent covered by $185M in new funds:
New York City public housing residents could get up to 18 months of past due rent accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic covered thanks to newly awarded state and federal funds, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) announced on Thursday.
The $185 million in funding, including $35 million from the state and $150 million from the federal government, will be distributed to NYCHA to cover qualified public housing residents’ past-due rent — also known as rent arrears. The dollars come from the state COVID-19 Rental Assistance (CRA) program and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development HOME American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) program, according to NYCHA.
The funds from CRA can cover up to 12 months of NYCHA residents’ past due rent accrued between the beginning of the pandemic and May 2023; while HOME-ARP can cover up to six months accumulated between March 2020 and the present.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement that the action is intended to keep the city’s public housing residents in their homes.
“We’re continuing to support vulnerable New Yorkers who were hit hard by the pandemic and helping to ensure families remain in their homes,” Hochul said. “This funding builds on our efforts to provide meaningful assistance to NYCHA tenants with COVID-related rental arrears while also furthering our commitment to helping NYCHA make vital repairs and improvements.” --->READ MORE HERE
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