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Health officials today warned that people as young as 30 ‘will die from Covid’ as NHS hospitals in the West Country brace for an overspill of critically-ill patients from London under emergency plans. Trusts in London and the south-east at the centre of the UK’s epidemic are preparing to transfer patients to hospitals in the … Read more
The arthritis drug tocilizumab can help critically-ill Covid-19 patients recover, a large British trial has found. Patients given the drug in a clinical trial led by Imperial College London were found to be 87 per cent more likely to see their symptoms improve than patients not given the drug. But because the study is ongoing, … Read more
A stem cell therapy boosted Covid-19 survival rates five-fold for patients hooked up to ventilators, Spanish scientists have claimed. Two out of the 13 patients in the small study died, with the remainder returning from the brink of death after doctors assumed at least 11 of them would succumb to the disease. Overall 70 per … Read more
A drug designed to stop blood clots could be a life-saving treatment for Covid-19, according to scientists who are now trialling it in the UK. The British Heart Foundation has begun a study to test the effects of a medication called TRV027. It has already worked for heart failure by keeping a healthy balance between … Read more
A critically-ill coronavirus patient was saved after getting a promising arthritis drug that is being trialled by doctors worldwide. Leonard Whitehurst was admitted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital on March 16 with a confirmed case of COVID-19. Over the course of his stay, his condition deteriorated until his prognosis was ‘very grim’, according to medics … Read more
Tocilizumab, marketed as Actemra, will be given to hundreds of critically ill coronavirus patients in the NHS Hundreds of critically ill coronavirus patients in the NHS will be given an arthritis drug as part of the world’s largest trial of promising therapies. Tocilizumab, sold as RoActemra or Actemra, will be administered to patients whose lungs … Read more
Critically-ill NHS nurse who is battling coronavirus on life support lost her mother to the killer disease Anusuya Chandra Mohan died due to Covid-19 and daughter is on life support GoFundMe campaign launched to cover costs of delaying funeral for Jenifer Friends want to raise £15,000 so Jenifer can see her mother before laid to … Read more
A PR consultant has revealed how his wife made a dramatic recovery from COVID-19 after medics turned her on her stomach. Adam Fresco heartbreakingly said goodbye to his wife, Stacey, because NHS doctors were convinced she would die of the infection within a ‘couple of hours’. Out of desperation, he asked if there was anything … Read more
Critically-ill passengers have been rushed off a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship carrying hundreds of Britons as it finally docked in Florida after being turned away by 14 other countries. Travelers were placed on stretchers and hurried to ambulances waiting on the quayside at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, by hazmat-clad medical staff before they were driven to … Read more
A hard-hitting NHS documentary showed a critically-ill man with barely ten minutes to live rushed in for surgery without saying goodbye to his family. David, 74, was on the brink of death due to a burst aneurysm in his stomach when he was rushed to The Royal Hospital in Liverpool. The condition, which mainly affects … Read more