NHS now has more SPARE critical care beds than it did before the coronavirus pandemic struck Britain, says Matt Hancock He hailed the work done to boost the the ability of the health service to cope But it came as the UK death toll surged past 10,000, with another 737 fatalities Among those to die … Read more
Emergency rooms across the US are seeing less than half of usual number of heart attack patients as beds are filled by those infected with coronavirus. A Twitter poll by Angioplasty.org – a community of cardiologists – found that doctors reported a 40 percent to 60 percent reduction in hospital admissions for heart attacks. Nearly … Read more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit at a London hospital last night in a frightening turn in the UK’s coronavirus outbreak. The PM is reported to be in a stable condition, breathing on his own and ‘in good spirits’. He is said not to have been diagnosed with pneumonia … Read more
Military and medical staff on board the US Navy’s lead hospital ship, ‘Mercy’, are making preparations to take on as many as 1,000 non-coronavirus patients while docked in Los Angeles. The former super oil tanker left its home port in San Diego earlier this week to help free up beds on the mainland in the … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Gary Neville already has some personal, human stories to share and he knows there will be more. The former Manchester United and England defender has given the two hotels he owns with Ryan Giggs and former Old Trafford team-mates over to the NHS to use for staff during the epidemic. Some 35 bedrooms are occupied and … Read more
Hotels in London will offer 300 beds to rough sleepers for 12 weeks to help protect them against coronavirus The mayor’s office is working with IHG to block book rooms at a discounted rate Beds offered to vulnerable people already known to homelessness charities Rough sleepers are far less likely to be able to follow … Read more
NHS strikes massive deal with private hospitals for 20,000 extra staff, 8,000 beds and 1,200 ventilators in fight against coronavirus By Milly Vincent For Mailonline Published: 15:15 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 15:15 GMT, 21 March 2020 More beds, ventilators and thousands of extra healthcare staff will be made urgently available from next week … Read more
A palliative care doctor has issued an impassioned plea to the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock after claiming the capital’s ITU beds are nearing capacity. Dr. Rachel Clarke, an Oxfordshire based doctor and author, took to Twitter to call on Mr Hancock to intercede and ask Boris Johnson to shut London’s pubs down. ‘Matt, we won’t … Read more
Coronavirus is well on its way to overwhelming US hospitals, but the capacity of health care systems varies widely from state-to-state and even city by city, and new data reveals which areas will be hit hardest. The research compiled by experts at the Harvard Global Health Institute compiled data that shows just how critical ‘flattening … Read more