NHS Procurement Official Privately Selling PPE

The Guardian, 01 May 2020, Revealed/NHS Procurement Official Privately Selling PPE

It was only a matter of time before this sort of story became headline news.

I am sure this will be seen in some quarters as 'just someone making a living during these hard times'. Except that this is someone involved in procurement at what the Guardian identifies as a 'senior official'.

I know this is the 'natural' outcome from capitalism but I can only hope some good will come from this. That anyone that is on the fence as to whether capitalism really would trade peoples lives and safety for money will finally have that question answered.

I sincerely hope this guy doesn't have any family that is dependent on the likes of my wife who is on the front line of a Covid-19 ward. Let's hope that the nurse or doctor that could have been treating one of his loved ones isn't themselves sick from Covid-19 due to not having the right PPE or for that matter ANY PPE.

Submitted May 01, 2020 at 12:46PM by partypoliticalpuffin https://ift.tt/3f8OBto

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