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A drug normally used to treat gout may prevent hospitalised coronavirus patients from needing oxygen, research has found. Brazilian academics claim colchicine could be given to hospital patients battling moderate to severe Covid to help them recover quicker. The 75-person study showed the 30p pill helped reduce the time patients needed breathing tubes by more … Read more
Demand for oxygen has surged five-fold in some NHS hospitals, a senior medic claimed today as trusts continue to grapple with the winter wave of coronavirus admissions. Professor Rupert Pearse, an ICU doctor in London and member of the Intensive Care Society, said that on some occasions the pressure has made oxygen – vital for … Read more
Lee Rigby killer Michael Adebowale, 29, ‘is on oxygen in hospital after contracting coronavirus’ while serving his sentence in Broadmoor Michael Adebowale, 29, has reportedly been taken from high-security hospital He is said to have caught coronavirus more than two weeks ago, says the Sun He is now being treated at a Covid ward after … Read more
Desperate relatives of Covid patients in Brazil have been queuing for hours to fill their loved-ones’ oxygen tanks while a new mutant strain of the virus ravages the country. Amozonas state has been inundated with cases of the new variant and doctors at hospitals in Manaus, the rainforest’s largest city, are being forced to decide … Read more
Brazil’s new strain of coronavirus is ripping through the Amazon where tearful locals wait desperately for dwindling oxygen supplies to keep their relatives alive and doctors face the wretched task of deciding who can breathe. At one hospital in Manaus, a despairing relative carried an oxygen tank for his own mother-in-law just to help her … Read more
Brazil’s new strain of coronavirus is ripping through the Amazon where tearful locals wait desperately for dwindling oxygen supplies to keep their relatives alive and doctors face the wretched task of deciding who can breathe. At one hospital in Manaus, a despairing relative carried an oxygen tank for his own mother-in-law just to help her … Read more
The oxygen supply at a hospital under intense strain with coronavirus patients has ‘reached a critical situation’, according to an internal document. Bosses at Southend Hospital said there is ‘high demand for oxygen’ because of rising numbers of Covid-19 patients and they ‘are working to manage this’. An internal memo seen by BBC Essex revealed that … Read more
Oxygen supply at Southend Hospital ‘reaches critical situation’ as doctors face intense strain amid rising numbers of coronavirus patients Bosses at Southend Hospital in Essex say there is ‘high demand for oxygen’ They ‘are working to manage this’ amid rising numbers of Covid-19 patients Patients’ oxygen saturation levels ‘should be kept within 88-92% target range’ … Read more
Giving pregnant women extra oxygen during labour and delivery is ‘often unnecessary’, study suggests US researchers compared 16 studies assessing benefit of oxygen in childbirth Found there is no clear or significant benefit to providing extra oxygen Researchers say being more judicious with oxygen will reduce childbirth costs By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 16:13 GMT, 4 January … Read more
Giving pregnant women extra oxygen during labour and delivery is ‘often unnecessary’, study suggests US researchers compared 16 studies assessing benefit of oxygen in childbirth Found there is no clear or significant benefit to providing extra oxygen Researchers say being more judicious with oxygen will reduce childbirth costs By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 16:13 GMT, 4 January … Read more