The Wonders of Medicine. Day 172.

The young man who threw an illegal party in Nottinghamshire has written a letter to his neighbours apologising and said it should only have been 25 people but it got out of hand. Some neighbours apparently thought that the fine was a bit over the top and a lesser one would still have taught him a lesson. It may be that it will be paid by all six students sharing the house. I did think £10k was totally over the top although I might not have done if they lived next to me.

Etihad Airways are offering free insurance to its passengers if they contract Covid-19 while flying their airline. It will cover all medical expenses and quarantine costs. The cover will run for 31 days from when their trip starts.  I don’t quite understand how they can afford free cover during a pandemic when insurance in normal circumstances is expensive. I couldn’t quite see if you had to catch covid on one of their planes or just come down with it while you were travelling. It was once famously stated that there’s no such thing as a free lunch and I have to wonder about free insurance.

A woman in Pennsylvania found out when she was just seventeen that she had been born without a womb. She already knew then that one day she would like to have a family and was obviously very distraught at the news. She met and married a man who said that he didn’t mind and that maybe they could use a surrogate mother. She then read about uterus transplant and even more surprising found that her local hospital was looking at trialling the procedure. She applied, was accepted and when an organ became available it was transplanted into her. Less than one year later she became pregnant and now has a healthy baby boy. Isn’t modern medicine wonderful?

Gordon Ramsay has introduced a traditional English breakfast into his Savoy Restaurant. I would have thought that he would have had that on the menu in a London hotel from the start but it seems not. What is causing consternation is that the price will be £19 and in the photo it does look very basic. If you want to add any sides or an extra sausage, it will set you back another fiver. I definitely think for breakfast you might just as well go to Wetherspoon’s and get the same thing for a fiver and it is jolly good. If you like a full English that is.

A  naked man was spotted smashing straight through a house window yesterday in Grimsby, he rushed across the street covering his privates with a rug and shouting ‘help, I’ve been kidnapped’. A passer by said that he also had injured his hand and it might have been partly severed. All very dramatic. He rushed into a local convenience store seeking help and it turns out that the house he escaped from was a brothel. The man was taken to hospital and two men were later arrested.Something to dream about, nighty night. 😴💤😴