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The Mayor of Liverpool has revealed his brother is in intensive care with Covid-19 and urged people to follow the rules to prevent the spread of the virus. Joe Anderson said on Twitter that his eldest brother was in a ‘very serious condition’ in hospital in the city, the first area to face the toughest … Read more
Intensive care units at Liverpool’s biggest NHS trust are no busier than normal for this time of year, it emerged today. Councillor Paul Brant sparked fears yesterday after claiming the city’s critical-care units were already 95 per cent full and ‘filling up very fast’ amid a spike in Covid-19 cases. But Liverpool University Hospitals NHS … Read more
Intensive care units at Liverpool’s biggest NHS trust are no busier than normal for this time of year, it emerged today. Councillor Paul Brant sparked fears yesterday after claiming the city’s critical-care units were already 95 per cent full and ‘filling up very fast’ amid a spike in Covid-19 cases. But Liverpool University Hospitals NHS … Read more
Liverpool’s intensive care wards are at 95% capacity and medics expect patient numbers to surge past those seen in the pandemic’s first wave ‘in ten days’, councillor warns Covid-19 patients in Liverpool hospitals could surpass first peak in next 10 days Councillor says there are 277 confirmed cases in hospitals around the city The first … Read more
A rare glimpse inside the coronavirus frontline at NHS hospitals has revealed intensive care units at breaking point as wards fill up. Boris Johnson on Monday warned that the number of coronavirus cases in the UK has ‘quadrupled in the last three weeks’ with today’s daily case total standing at 13,972 – up 11 per cent on … Read more
Parents are kept away from seeing their seriously ill babies in intensive care as hospitals impose ‘horrendous’ social distancing rules One mother, Taylor Moss, said visits to her premature baby have been limited Her daughter, Tyger-Rose, was given less than a five per cent chance of survival Another new mother didn’t hold her baby for … Read more
Intensive care staff were the least likely health workers to contract coronavirus at the peak of the pandemic – despite dealing with the sickest and most contagious patients, a study has found. Researchers say ICU staff may have been shielded from infection because they were first in line for personal protective equipment (PPE), which the … Read more
Treating coronavirus patients with high doses of vitamin D supplements could help keep them out of intensive care, a study has suggested. Researchers gave high doses of calcifediol – a type of vitamin D supplement – to 50 patients hospitalised with Covid-19 in Spain. They were given 1mg of the supplement over the course of … Read more
Sweden has just 13 coronavirus patients in intensive care and has suffered an average of just one death per day in the last 10 despite avoiding lockdown Sweden’s 13 patients compares with 843 in hospital in the UK, 80 on ventilators In addition, the country’s one death per day over the last 10 compares with … Read more
Kate Garraway announces she is returning to her Smooth Radio show so her husband Derek can listen to her voice and their favourite songs from intensive care By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 21:39 BST, 6 September 2020 | Updated: 21:39 BST, 6 September 2020 She took a break from work to spend time with … Read more