Belgian foreign minister Sophie Wilmes, 45, is in intensive care with coronavirus after leading the country through the first six month of the pandemic as PM Sophie Wilmes, who was PM until 3 weeks ago, has been taken to intensive care She announced on Saturday that she had tested positive for coronavirus Wilmes led the … Read more
Intensive care staff were the least likely health workers to contract coronavirus at the peak of the pandemic – despite dealing with the sickest and most contagious patients, a study has found. Researchers say ICU staff may have been shielded from infection because they were first in line for personal protective equipment (PPE), which the … Read more
Treating coronavirus patients with high doses of vitamin D supplements could help keep them out of intensive care, a study has suggested. Researchers gave high doses of calcifediol – a type of vitamin D supplement – to 50 patients hospitalised with Covid-19 in Spain. They were given 1mg of the supplement over the course of … Read more
Sweden has just 13 coronavirus patients in intensive care and has suffered an average of just one death per day in the last 10 despite avoiding lockdown Sweden’s 13 patients compares with 843 in hospital in the UK, 80 on ventilators In addition, the country’s one death per day over the last 10 compares with … Read more
Kate Garraway announces she is returning to her Smooth Radio show so her husband Derek can listen to her voice and their favourite songs from intensive care By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 21:39 BST, 6 September 2020 | Updated: 21:39 BST, 6 September 2020 She took a break from work to spend time with … Read more
Ten per cent more of Britain’s sickest coronavirus patients are surviving than at the start of the pandemic. Analysis of NHS records shows that 44 per cent of intensive care admissions were dying of the virus when the pandemic first started to spiral out of control in March. The Intensive Care National Audit and Research … Read more
A locksmith who was in a coma for three weeks battling coronavirus awoke to be told his mother and her partner had both succumbed to the illness. Scott Miller, 43, was rushed to intensive care at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with the virus and was placed in an induced coma, unaware his mother Norma, 76, … Read more
Katie Price has slammed her ex Dwight Yorke for not getting in touch while their son Harvey, 18, has been fighting for his life in the intensive care unit. The former glamour model, 42, revealed that Harvey ‘could have died’ however his father still failed to reach out to her after he was rushed to … Read more
Katie Price has revealed her son Harvey shouted out ‘I want my mummy’ as he lay in intensive care. The former glamour model, 42, has been giving fans updates on Harvey’s well being after he was recently rushed to hospital after struggling to breath. The mother-of-five told new magazine it was ‘horrible’ watching her son … Read more
The chance of surviving coronavirus after falling critically ill has risen significantly since the start of the pandemic, research suggests. Analysis by the University of Bristol shows the proportion of patients dying from Covid-19 in ICU has plummeted by a third since March. Scientists reviewed more than 20 studies from around the world which involved 10,000 … Read more