A school IT worker is one of Britain’s longest suffering Covid-19 patients after he was admitted to hospital March – as his wife says his battle for survival has been ‘nothing short of miraculous’. Jason Kelk, 49, was admitted to St James’ Hospital in Leeds on March 31 – a day after Kate Garraway’s husband … Read more
A merry Covid Christmas! Santa Claus swaps his sleigh for a cherry picker as he visits young patients through the windows at children’s hospital in Leeds Santa Claus appeared at the windows of patients at Leeds Children’s Hospital Instead of his sleigh Santa used a cherry picker to wave hello through windows BAM Construction company … Read more
Hospitals in virus hotspots are now treating up to three times as many Covid-19 patients as they did at the peak of the first wave. Experts said that we are seeing the start of a third wave as hospital bosses warned of further ‘mass cancellations’ of routine operations and appointments. Latest Department of Health figures … Read more
NHS sets up 69 clinics to treat patients with long-Covid as figures show one in five people who test positive for suffer weeks of ongoing symptoms One in five who test positive suffer debilitating symptoms for five weeks or more Yesterday, medical watchdog Nice sent out guidelines for managing long Covid The report recommends GPs … Read more
Pulse oximeters that measure blood oxygen levels are FOUR times more likely to be inaccurate in black patients than white patients, study finds, as scientists worry the devices weren’t designed to scan blood color through darker skin Researchers looked at readings of pulse oximeters, which measure oxygen levels, of black patients and white patients In 12% … Read more
Grey’s Anatomy honored the lives of victims and those affected by the coronavirus on Thursday’s episode. After Chandra Wilson’s character Miranda Bailey lost her mother to the deadly virus, Bailey recited a list of patients who had also died from COVID-19. Once the eye-opening scene was over, viewers of the medical drama watched while hundreds … Read more
Is this the answer to needle phobia? Patients feel less pain when they SMILE during an injection, research suggests Participants were injected while either smiling, grimacing or straight-faced Smilers reported 40 per cent less pain than those with a blank facial expression Smiling may trick people’s brains into believing they are happy By Victoria Allen … Read more
A community hospital in south west Wales will be emptied of its patients and re-opened as a ‘Covid-19 free facility’ to control an outbreak of covid-19 among nurses. All patients currently being treated at Llandovery Community Hospital in Carmarthenshire, will be transferred to Amman Valley Hospital in Glanaman, 20 miles away, with the process beginning immediately. … Read more
Britain’s DNR shame: Care homes put ‘illegal’ do not resuscitate orders on patients without the consent of them or families, damning CQC probe finds Care Quality Commission (CQC) fears some of the orders may still be in place Some care homes delayed calling ambulances because they were in place Commission said it was ‘unacceptable’ for … Read more
‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders are being ILLEGALLY put on files of adult patients with learning difficulties, charity warns MPs ordered urgent review into ‘appalling’ practice, calling for end by Christmas Learning disability charity told MPs those they helped were ‘not valued as equal’ Doctors take the final responsibility for issuing a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation … Read more