medics

Doctor who discovered Ebola warns new deadly viruses set to hit mankind as medics fear new Disease X

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Doctor who discovered Ebola warns that world could be hit by new deadly ‘Disease X’ that is as fast-spreading as Covid and as deadly as the African virus Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum helped discover Ebola virus in 1976  He said new potentially fatal viruses emerge from Africa’s tropical rainforests ‘Disease X’, which stands for unexpected, … Read more

Checklist retired medics have to wade through to qualify as Covid vaccinator volunteers

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Retired doctors and nurses face a 21-point checklist in order to qualify as a Covid-19 vaccinator volunteer which includes ‘fire safety’ and ‘preventing radicalisation’.  The recruitment process for former surgeons, nurses, GPs and physicians to assist in delivering the vaccine rollout has been faced with ‘dispiriting layers of red tape.’  Applicants must provide 21 pieces … Read more

Medics fume over red tape strangling UK’s vaccine rollout

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A million people in England have now been given a Covid-19 jab. But serious questions remain about the race to vaccinate the rest of the nation – with retired medics trying to volunteer tied up in red tape. Health Secretary Matt Hancock hailed the milestone, which was hit hours before the start of 2021. It … Read more

Metal detectorist reunites navy medic’s family with WW1 medal after unearthing it in his back garden

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Metal detectorist reunites navy medic’s family with First World War medal after unearthing it in his back garden Mark Williams, 71, discovered the 105-year-old medal in his garden in Hampshire With help of genealogist, he found the medal belonged to William George Waters Mr Waters, who eventually became chief medic in the Royal Navy, joined in … Read more

London’s Nightingale hospital is being quietly broken down because there aren’t enough medics

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Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as doctors and nurses warn there are not enough of them to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping the emergency unit in London of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs pointing patients to wards, shocking photos reveal, while the hospitals in Birmingham … Read more

Keep schools open by getting Army medics to train teachers how to give pupils Covid tests

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Keep schools open by getting Army medics to train teachers how to give pupils Covid tests, urges former Defence Secretary Tobias Ellwood Tobias Elwood believes the military could be used to help keep schools open The government wants teachers to test pupils for Covid-19 to keep schools open Teaching unions claim their members are not … Read more

Mother fights to keep five-year-old daughter alive as medics tell court life support should go off

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Single mother refuses to give up fight to keep her five-year-old daughter alive as doctors tell High Court her life support should be switched off after nearly two years in vegetative state Pippa Knight, five, is on life support at London’s Evelina Children’s Hospital Doctors have told the High Court her life support machine should … Read more

Critics condemn NHS charity advert that shows medics ‘saving Santa from coronavirus’

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Critics have slammed the NHS charity Christmas advert for showing medics battling to save Santa’s life, claiming it will ‘scare the hell out of little ones’. The film, titled The Gift, depicts an old bearded man unconcious on a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask as NHS medics in full PPE try to revive him. … Read more

NHS medics’ fury as they are sent repurposed ‘bin bags’

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‘These are repurposed bin bags’: Fury of NHS workers given flimsy plastic sheets instead of proper PPE to protect against second wave of Covid Frontline NHS Medics have been given repurposed ‘bin bags’ for protection The flimsy see-through sacks have been sent to GP’s practices  Bewildered nurses today posted images of them wearing the bin … Read more