IMAGINE being told you have covid-19 and need a ventilator. You’ve seen it in the news, so you know what that could mean. Frightened, you spend the next few minutes hurriedly sending a text message to your sister and mum, saying your goodbyes
A TRIAL using robotic cats with a resident in a local Essex care home has made such an impact, Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group has worked with Thurrock Council to purchase more to support people affected by dementia.
RESIDENTS in Thurrock can once again use the Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) from Monday 18 May under strict social distancing rules, following the site’s temporary closure due to COVID-19.
THE latest figures from Public Health England (released Friday 8) show that for the sixth day in a row the total number of confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in Thurrock has stayed the same.
AN interactive map which reveals coronavirus deaths by postcode shows that people living in the poorest parts of England and Wales are dying at more than double the rate of those in affluent areas.
A THURROCK Engineering student has produced more than 1000 face shields for frontline staff, after a project he started when put on furlough grew and grew thanks to donations.
ST.LUKE'S Hospice, Basildon CEO has expressed the importance of the newly-established bereavement support line, and assured the community that whatever the months ahead may bring, care will be available.
