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Pressure on NHS intensive care has started to ease for the first time since the second wave of coronavirus took off and Test and Trace data shows cases of the disease are down 40 per cent in a fortnight. The number of hospital patients in general beds with Covid-19 has also dropped to its lowest level … Read more
One in eight NHS trusts in England did not have a single spare intensive care bed last week, official figures show as hospitals continued to grapple with the winter wave of critically ill coronavirus patients. NHS England figures published today reveal 18 out of 140 major trusts had 100 per cent occupancy in their ICUs … Read more
Police have launched a hunt for a maskless Covid denier who tried to take a dying patient from intensive care against doctors’ orders. Toby Hayden-Leigh, 45, from Maidstone, Kent, was joined by a group of people who refused to wear masks inside East Surrey Hospital and then became abusive towards staff on January 21. A … Read more
Top intensive care doctors told NHS staff not to blame people for breaking lockdown rules on Saturday, as the number of people on ventilators with Covid-19 surpassed 4,000 for the first time. Dr Alison Pittard and Dr Daniele Bryden, respectively the dean and vice dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, chided other healthcare … Read more
‘We’re struggling more than ever’: ICU nurse hits back at people who claim the virus is a hoax as she reveals staff are ‘terrified’ and ‘exhausted’ after annual leave is repeatedly cancelled Hayley Samantha, from London, took to Facebook to share the heartfelt message The NHS nurse, 26, urged the public to take the lockdown … Read more
Hospitals across England are being told to open hundreds more intensive care beds so they can take in non-Covid patients from hotspot areas, it has emerged. A letter sent by NHS England bosses to dozens of trusts has ordered them to open the emergency capacity by tomorrow in a bid to take pressure off the worst-hit … Read more
Dr Dre remains in intensive care a week after his brain aneurysm in case he suffers another one… as doctors battle to work out the cause Dr. Dre has agreed to pay $2 million in temporary spousal support to his estranged wife Nicole Young The rapper is currently recovering from a brain aneurysm, and signed … Read more
This is the scene in the packed intensive care ward of London’s largest hospital as its doctors and nurses revealed the unit is now doubled in size as experts warned the capital’s hospitals will be overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients in less than two weeks. Shattered staff at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south-west London say they are … Read more
Shocking footage from an intensive care unit has revealed the extent of the coronavirus crisis and the strain it is piling on the NHS. Emotional doctors and nurses were seen struggling at London’s University College Hospital while caring for the growing amount of coronavirus patients. Operating theatres and some paediatric rooms have even been converted … Read more
Shocking footage from an intensive care unit has revealed the extent of the coronavirus crisis and the strain it is piling on the NHS. Emotional doctors and nurses were seen struggling at London’s University College Hospital while caring for the growing amount of coronavirus patients. Operating theatres and some paediatric rooms have even been converted … Read more