Many countries in Europe are running out of intensive care beds amid a surge of coronavirus cases – as well as the doctors and nurses required to staff them. In Italy, queues of ambulances are parked outside hospitals awaiting beds for patients, while in France the Covid-19 tracking app prominently displays the ICU capacity taken … Read more
Hospital bed occupancy has become a propaganda tool in the bad-tempered row over Covid restrictions in Manchester. Downing Street has used terrifying statistics in an attempt to gain public support for forcing local leaders into accepting strict tier-three measures. They claim the city’s hospitals will become ‘overwhelmed’ within a few weeks, and even the surge … Read more
Surgeons are calling for hospital beds to be ‘ring-fenced’ for planned operations, to avoid a ‘tsunami of cancellations’ due to rising Covid-19 cases. A survey for the Royal College of Surgeons of England found most surgeons thought the NHS could not meet its targets to get surgery back to pre-pandemic levels. Sir Simon Stevens, the … Read more
Hospitals have been warned they must clear beds and brace themselves for a rise in coronavirus patients in the next few weeks. Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and deaths are all on the rise, government figures revealed yesterday as more than 10 million people will soon be living under local lockdowns as the North East became … Read more
Police fear serial killer who targets elderly couples could still be at large after they re-examine two ‘murder-suicides’ A new 179-page report suggests that two cases of murder-suicide in the 1990s may be the work of a serial killer Stephanie Davies, Cheshire’s senior coroner’s officer, claims they were murders The report urges authorities to re-examine … Read more
Care homes get £1,000 ‘bribe’ for taking in hospital patients to free up beds – regardless of whether they had coronavirus or not Sixteen homes took the cash incentive offer from Birmingham City Council Nursing homes had to admit the patient within 24 hours to qualify for the money The local authority said the money … Read more
Mussel beds act as traps for microplastic pollution dumped in the ocean by slowing the sea water flowing over them, research shows Experts experimented with flowing water over different mussel reef structures When the mussels clumped together like in nature, the flow became turbulent This increased threefold the amount of microplastic ingested by the mussels By Ian … Read more
If you thought a holiday in a treehouse meant skimping on comfort – think again. At this jaw-dropping hidden treehouse lodge in Bali – described as an ‘experimental treetop boutique hotel, an architectural experience for adventurers’ – luxury is abundant. And there are Instagrammable scenes aplenty. It’s an exotic haven that begs to be put on … Read more
Private hospitals are empty and up to 40,000 NHS beds lie unused amid mounting fury over the handling of non coronavirus treatment as thousands of operations are cancelled and cancers go undetected. Figures suggest that up to four times the number of beds are free than normal for this time of year after a huge slowdown in … Read more
The Kardashian/Jenner clan spent last Easter in Palm Springs at mom Kris Jenner’s house. But with the global COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s celebration was much smaller. Kylie Jenner celebrated Easter Sunday at Kris’ desert home with daughter Stormi, two, and Travis Scott, before giving a tour of one of the massive guest rooms. Wow: Kylie Jenner … Read more