Coronavirus: Tottenham stadium to offer NHS services after criticism of club’s COVID-19 response
Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium has actually started to offer maternity and antenatal services as the Premier League club assists to maximize space for a regional health center to handle the coronavirus crisis.
From Tuesday, pregnancy scans, antenatal centers, a maternal day system and a variety of assistance services will be hosted at the stadium after being moved from the neighboring North Middlesex University Medical Facility.
It will maximize capability at the health center and ensure pregnant women are able to keep away from the main health center website throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, if they just need regular antenatal care.
It comes after Tottenham’s broader response to the coronavirus crisis had actually been greatly criticised, with some of the club’s players reported to be mad at actions taken by chairman Daniel Levy.
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The north London club had actually been greatly criticised for their broader coronavirus response
Formally called the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the club’s brand-new ground was built on the website of their old White Hart Lane stadium for an approximated expense of in between ₤850 m to ₤ 1bn and opened in April in 2015.
The stadium, which has actually now had a significant area repurposed to offer the NHS services, is one mile far from North Middlesex University Medical Facility.
A maternal day system has actually been established in what is typically one of the altering spaces for when the stadium hosts Football matches, while the location where players generally carry out TELEVISION interviews after matches will be utilized as an assessment and scanning space.
Because recently, it has currently end up being the first Premier League stadium to be utilized as a website for NHS personnel to be swab checked for COVID-19
Up to 70 health care employees can be checked at the stadium’s drive- through center every day.
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How the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is being repurposed to offer NHSservices Picture: Twitter/ @SpursOfficial
We’re thrilled to be supplying some maternity and antenatal services from @SpursOfficial‘s stadium, beginning with Tuesday 14 April. Our teams worked their (football) socks off over the weekend to relocation equipment and fit out the stadiumspace Fans of all teams welcome. https://t.co/dK9UdWeknk
— North Mid Medical Facility (@NorthMidNHS)April 13, 2020
Maria Kane, president of North Middlesex University Health center, stated: “We are so grateful to Tottenham Hotspur for providing their wonderful facilities for our staff, patients, and local community during these difficult times.”
On Easter Monday, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy revealed a U-turn on his previous decision to look for taxpayers’ money to pay non-playing personnel throughout the coronavirus crisis.
At the start of this month, Mr Levy stated he would cut the earnings of 550 of Tottenham’s non-playing personnel by 20% and request the federal government’s task retention plan “where appropriate” to pay the staying 80% of furloughed personnel’s wages.
The action was revealed on the very same day it was exposed Mr Levy made a ₤ 3m benefit in 2015, as part of his ₤ 7m revenues, and after Tottenham revealed record profits of ₤461 m.
It triggered extensive anger – consisting of from the club’s fans – and requires Tottenham to first slash the earnings of their highly-paid players prior to looking for taxpayers’ money to pay other personnel.
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Daniel Levy was paid a ₤ 3m benefit for providing the club’s brand-new stadium.
Criticism of the club deepened after Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho was later on envisioned flouting the federal government’s coronavirus standards by meeting midfielder Tanguy Ndombele for an individually training session.
Mr Levy has actually now reversed his decision to cut the earnings of non-playing personnel, with all of them – whether full- time, casual or furloughed – to now get 100% of their spend for April and May.
Just the club’s board will have their wages minimized.
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Mr Levy’s preliminary action is reported to have actually disturbed some players at the club.
Former England gamer Gary Neville informed Sky Sports News that Tottenham striker Harry Kane’s current admission he might leave the club may have been triggered by Mr Levy’s preliminary action.
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