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Coronavirus: Hospital porters paid under £10 an hour to transport dead bodies
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Porters hired to work at Scotland's first coronavirus field hospital will be paid less than £10 an hour to transport dead bodies and clean beds.
The new NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow has been hiring porters for the emergency facility at the SEC - with pay starting at just £9.50 per hour.
Wages can rise to £11.50 per hour, but the work has been branded 'traumatic and risky' amid calls for better pay. The key responsibilities for the work includes the "transportation of deceased patients from A&E and/or Wards to mortuary", "support with viewings" at the mortuary, removal of soiled laundry from the wards, responding to cardiac arrests, and "ensuring all equipment is in a clean and hygienic state".
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