Kelsey Stratford has confirmed she’s pulled out of The Only Way Is Essex’s Christmas special as her sister Kennedy battles coronavirus in intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In a message shared to Instagram on Sunday, the tutor, 19, revealed she’s isolating for two weeks and has taken a test after her eight-year-old sibling – … Read more
‘We are all so heartbroken’: TOWIE’s Kelsey Stratford is left devastated as her sister Kennedy, 8, has been rushed to ICU after contracting coronavirus By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 18:26 GMT, 15 November 2020 | Updated: 18:39 GMT, 15 November 2020 TOWIE’s Kelsey Stratford has revealed her sister Kennedy, 8, has been rushed to … Read more
Jeremih ‘on a ventilator battling COVID-19 in the ICU’… as 50 Cent and Chance the Rapper ask fans to pray for his health Jeremih, 33, is reportedly in intensive care due to extreme coronavirus symptoms By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com and Dan Heching Published: 21:31 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 21:35 GMT, 14 November 2020 … Read more
Sir Simon Stevens The NHS will move back to its highest alert level from midnight tonight in anticipation of a wave of coronavirus hospital admissions in the coming weeks. Sir Simon Stevens – NHS England’s chief executive – said the move to level four was in response to the ‘serious situation ahead’. He claimed the … Read more
The NHS used half as many intensive care beds as France, Belgium and other badly-hit European nations during the Covid-19 crisis in the spring, according to figures that come amid shock claims the health service denied care to older patients to stop it becoming overwhelmed. At most, there were the equivalent of 50 infected patients … Read more
A new algorithm could be used in the NHS to help hospitals ‘share the load’ and ensure Covid-19 patients get access to an ICU bed when needed, a study has found. Queen Mary University of London researchers, proposed a load balancing system that would see critical ICU patients transferred between hospitals as needed. This would involve an algorithm … Read more
Patient, 47, dies ‘from long Covid’ two months after being cheered as he left intensive care following 60-day fight for life in first wave Roehl Ribaya was the last ‘first wave’ Covid patient to leave a Blackpool hospital He was cheered out of ICU in July, but died last Thursday after a two-day coma His … Read more
ICU nurse, 36, is banned from the road for drink-driving after being caught on way home following her first night out with friends since lockdown ended Justine McMinn, 36, was stopped by traffic police after she was seen swerving She was driving on M6 near Knutsford in Cheshire following a ‘post Covid’ party Officers found … Read more
Almost 8 out of 10 coronavirus patients admitted to intensive care units are now pulling through – thanks to UK clinical trials identifying drugs that raise survival odds In April a Covid-19 intensive care patient had a 50 per cent chance of survival New research has found that almost eight out of ten will survive … Read more
Scientists believe they have found an inhaler (pictured) that blocks coronavirus from progressing in the lungs An inhaled drug cuts the risk of Covid-19 patients falling seriously ill with the life-threatening infection, according to scientists trialling the experimental treatment. Initial results from the trial of more than 100 hospitalised Covid-19 patients found it prevented 79 per … Read more