Hospitals in Texas are EVACUATED as patients are left without water or heat and staff are left to clean toilets with trash bags At least two hospitals have been evacuated as Texas grapples with power outages since a winter storm earlier this week crippled its electric grid St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and Dell … Read more
Stopping coronavirus spreading in hospitals could have made ‘substantial’ reduction in first wave deaths as SAGE paper claims up to 40% of patients caught Covid AFTER admission Researchers said in-hospital spread prolonged the first wave by ‘several weeks’ NHS struggles to contain the virus, which spreads silently, especially when busy Some caught the virus then … Read more
NHS boss urges ‘cautious’ approach to lifting lockdown as hospitals remain stretched despite drop in cases NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson warned against easing restrictions He said there were still 26,000 patients currently fighting Covid-19 in hospital Stretched capacity has forced frontline staff to work ‘at fever pitch intensity’ By Jack Elsom For Mailonline … Read more
A ‘disgraceful’ mother-of-two who posted photos of empty wards and claimed coronavirus was a hoax has today been banned from visiting all hospitals. Hannah Dean pretended to be a journalist to gain entry to hospitals before sharing photos on social media of wards which were not on the frontline in the fight against the virus. … Read more
One in eight NHS trusts in England did not have a single spare intensive care bed last week, official figures show as hospitals continued to grapple with the winter wave of critically ill coronavirus patients. NHS England figures published today reveal 18 out of 140 major trusts had 100 per cent occupancy in their ICUs … Read more
London hospitals are giving Covid jabs to people who turn up without an appointment to avoid wasting doses intended for no-shows NHS sources say their current approach is ‘if there’s a free arm, we’ll jab it’ They claim a frontline worker’s healthy partner in their 20s even got inoculated The surplus in supplies stems in … Read more
Hospitals ‘could lose their licence’ if they dish out second doses of Covid jabs before 12 weeks as doctors warn controversial dose-spacing strategy is putting patients at risk NHS hospital in Southampton warned staff not to give second doses early Government is stretching doses as far apart as possible to make supplies last But medics … Read more
NHS England reports 631 new Covid deaths in hospitals – up 123 on same figure a week ago By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 14:14 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 14:16 GMT, 17 January 2021 NHS England has reported another 631 new coronavirus deaths today, up 123 from last week. Share or comment on … Read more
Coronavirus patient numbers may have already peaked in almost a seventh of hospitals in England, official figures suggest as an ICU doctor today warned care may have to be rationed if admissions continue to surge. Some 20 of 138 acute NHS trusts recorded a dip in beds occupied by Covid patients in the seven days … Read more
Hospitals across England are being told to open hundreds more intensive care beds so they can take in non-Covid patients from hotspot areas, it has emerged. A letter sent by NHS England bosses to dozens of trusts has ordered them to open the emergency capacity by tomorrow in a bid to take pressure off the worst-hit … Read more