SAS skydive terror: Scramble to save critically injured UK soldier

SAS skydive terror: Scramble to save critically injured UK soldier who crashed to ground in enemy territory in Iraq after mid-air tangle with US serviceman EXCLUSIVE SAS soldier critically wounded in a parachuting accident in Iraq  The trooper crashed to the ground at high speed following a mid-air collision Horrific accident triggered major rescue operation … Read more

Judge rules heart attack victim who is critically ill in hospital should be allowed to die

A judge has ruled that a heart attack victim who is critically ill should be allowed to die following a legal battle between his wife and his mother.   The patient, a middle-aged man identified only as ‘RS’ due to an anonymity order, suffered a cardiac arrest in November last year, during which his heart stopped … Read more

Critically ill patients are transferred to hospitals hundreds of miles away

Critically ill patients are transferred to hospitals hundreds of miles away because local intensive care units are full – as Britain suffers its highest daily death toll since April Britain recorded 981 coronavirus deaths yesterday, highest daily toll since April Hospitals in London asked NHS colleagues in Yorkshire to take unwell patients Officials have asked … Read more

Singer-songwriter Mac Davis falls ‘critically ill’ after undergoing heart surgery

Singer-songwriter Mac Davis falls ‘critically ill’ after undergoing heart surgery in Nashville as his family asks fans for their ‘love and prayers’ By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com Published: 00:35 BST, 30 September 2020 | Updated: 00:35 BST, 30 September 2020 Mac Davis, a country music legend as a singer and songwriter, has fallen ‘critically ill’ … Read more

Kate Garraway returns to present GMB for the first time since her husband fell critically ill

Kate Garraway returns to present GMB for the first time since her husband fell critically ill with coronavirus – as she warns Ben Shephard to ‘be rude’ otherwise she ‘will get too emotional’ Kate Garraway has returned to present Good Morning Britain today  She had taken time off while her husband Derek Draper, 52, was … Read more

European hamster now ‘critically endangered’ and one step away from extinction, experts warn

The European hamster is now ‘critically endangered’ and is just one step away from extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has warned. Once abundant across Europe and Russia, populations of the European hamster — Cricetus cricetus — have declined as a result of lowered reproduction rates. While female hamsters in the wild give … Read more

Man is critically injured in Virginia after Confederate statue is toppled and falls on head

A protester has been left critically injured after a Confederate statue that was being torn down during a demonstration Portsmouth, Virginia came crashing down on his head Wednesday night. The man, believed to be in his thirties, had been part of a group of protesters attempting to topple the statue yesterday evening, WAVY News reported. … Read more

Nearly 40% of critically ill coronavirus patients in the US die

More than 20 percent of adults hospitalized for coronavirus in the US have fallen ‘critically ill,’ meaning they needed oxygen support or to be put onto ventilators, the largest study of infected Americans to-date finds.  Researchers from Columbia University compiled detailed report on 257 adults hospitalized at two New York City facilities.  Nearly 80 percent … Read more

Florida skydivers are critically injured after their parachute malfunctioned and they hit a tree 

Terrifying moment tandem skydivers are critically injured in Florida after their parachute malfunctioned and they hit a tree Two men plunged to the ground on Wednesday after their parachute failed They were doing a tandem jump from a plane that took off from Dunn Airpark Video shows the instructor and student falling and spectators reacting in … Read more

Wuhan doctors save a critically ill coronavirus patient, 65, by giving him a double-lung transplant

Doctors in China have pulled a 65-year-old coronavirus patient from the brink of death by giving him a double-lung transplant. The critically ill man, named as Cui An, tested positive for COVID-19 in early February and had been hooked to a life-support machine for more than two months when surgeons performed the challenging surgery, according … Read more