Submitted by Radoslaw
\nCar Parking Attendant, Worthing<\/p>\n
My Covid-19 story begins in March 2020. It took me, just like everyone else, completely by surprise. I never thought we would have to go through such unpleasant times. It has influenced me greatly and had an impact on how I view the world. <\/span><\/p>\n At the end of March, it was decided that we would be lifting all barriers for both staff and public in all carparks on site allowing free parking. <\/span>As a result of this I was redeployed to the portering department. <\/span><\/p>\n At the time I did not know how long I was being redeployed for, but it ended up being about four months. I was looking forward to this as I had not had a chance to work with the porters before and was eager to learn what they do. I was more than happy that I would be able to contribute during those uncertain times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At first, I was helping out the waste team but was quickly moved onto the floor to help with patient transport. I also helped out the stores for some time as well as the post office. I was later moved to pharmacy to assist with the distribution of medicine to wards. At the end of my redeployment I was asked to assist with distribution of masks and gloves to different departments and wards. <\/span><\/p>\n One of the challenges for me personally was the work hours as I had to often come in at 6.00 am. My normal starting hours would be 8.00 am. However, I got to work with people who I normally wouldn’t see on the corridors and around the hospital so that was fun. I have also done quite a few shifts on bank to help with staff shortages. <\/span><\/p>\n I am overall grateful for the experience. I got to see how other departments work without actually having to change jobs.\u00a0<\/span>After about four months I was able to come back to parking. <\/span><\/p>\n More and more clinics and appointments were being scheduled and parking came under increasing pressure as general public had problems finding enough parking spaces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A few months later, after another lockdown, visitors were no longer allowed on any of the wards. I was asked to help with delivering of patient belongings from relatives to the wards. This was usually done once or twice a day except for weekends, when it had to be done multiple times. Some days, the number of these bags exceeded 50.<\/span><\/p>\n I can only hope that my involvement helped and eased things for porters even just a little bit. That thought makes me happy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My Covid-19 story begins in March 2020. It took me, just like everyone else, completely by surprise. I never thought we would have to go through such unpleasant times. It has influenced me greatly and had an impact on how I view the world….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":5001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[152,153,144],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n