Toast was taken off the breakfast menu for hospital sufferers as a sudden consequence of final week’s fire-fighter strike.
Managers at one,000-bed University Hospital of North Staffordshire determined to switch off toasters in every single kitchen ward – for worry of triggering a fire alarm – throughout the 24-hour walkout.
Individuals had been forced to opt for cereal, porridge, or basically go with out, even though the fire service ran a lowered services as a result of a dispute in excess of pensions.
Antony Wood, who was currently being cared for on the hospital’s cardiac ward, was denied his favourite-toast and-marmalade by personnel, who said toasters were not getting utilised on ‘health and safety’ grounds.
A spokesman for the hospital explained that its fire safety manager had made the decision to switch off the toasters as a precaution in the course of the strike.
He added: “The Trust takes a selection of actions throughout the days when FBU industrial action is taking area to decrease instantly produced fire alarms.”
The walkout is the newest in a prolonged-running dispute between the Fire Brigades Union and the government, who want to increase firefighters’ retirement age from fifty five to 60 and improve their pension contributions.
Fire-fighters strike causes toast ban at hospital
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