Boris Johnson tells of ‘deep sadness’ as he pays tribute to British army medic killed

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today labelled an attack on an Iraqi military base that killed one British soldier as ‘deplorable’.  One British soldier and two American troops were killed, and about a dozen people were wounded when 15 small rockets hit Iraq’s Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday.  The Ministry of Defence said … Read more

Great Ormond Street hospital cancels surgery after medic tests positive for coronavirus

Great Ormond Street hospital cancels surgery for children with serious heart problems for two weeks after medic tests positive for coronavirus By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:35 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 13:42 GMT, 10 March 2020 Fears hundreds of vulnerable patients have been infected with coronavirus were sparked today after … Read more

Chinese boy, three, kisses his medic mother’s photo after she died fighting coronavirus

This is the heart-breaking moment a little boy in China kissed a portrait of his mother at her funeral without realising that she had died while fighting the new coronavirus outbreak. The child’s mother, a 26-year-old village doctor, was killed in a traffic accident when she was on her way to perform health checks for … Read more

A&E medic has coronavirus: Virus fear grips UK as NHS hospital worker is among eight with deadly bug

Brighton’s coronavirus crisis deepened today as it emerged a taxi driver has been told to self-isolate at home after he drove a confirmed patient, an A&E doctor was revealed to be infected and nine schools are on alert for possible cases. The web of cases and suspected transmissions around the city has become increasingly complex … Read more

‘Is my brain out?’: Trainee Army medic, 20, jokes with doctors as he has brain surgery WIDE AWAKE

A team of neurosurgeons is on the hunt for a ping-pong-ball-sized tumour, lodged in the left side of Cameron Ray’s brain. Not that you’d know it. Chuckling, the 20-year-old patient gives a thumbs-up to the surgical assistant and cheekily asks the assembled doctors and nurses: ‘Is my brain out?’ It sounds astonishing but Cameron is … Read more