Fire kills ten in Covid-19 ward: Hospital blaze breaks out at intensive care unit in Romania Blaze killed ten people and critically injured seven others in Piatra Neamt today It is believed majority of those killed were infected with Covid-19, officials said Health minister said fire ‘most likely triggered by a short circuit’ inside hospital By … Read more
Many countries in Europe are running out of intensive care beds amid a surge of coronavirus cases – as well as the doctors and nurses required to staff them. In Italy, queues of ambulances are parked outside hospitals awaiting beds for patients, while in France the Covid-19 tracking app prominently displays the ICU capacity taken … Read more
NHS nurses in intensive care units are being allowed to look after two coronavirus patients instead of one. It’s the second time NHS England has relaxed the rule on one-to-one nursing for critically ill Covid-19 patients during the pandemic. Regular guidance from the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine says that there should be one nurse … Read more
Beverley Callard has revealed she is heartbroken after her beloved dog was rushed into intensive care ahead of her rumoured I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! stint. The Coronation Street icon, 63, took to Instagram on Sunday to share with her followers the sad news, explaining that Norman was showing signs of sepsis and his … Read more
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
The Mayor of Liverpool has revealed his brother is in intensive care with Covid-19 and urged people to follow the rules to prevent the spread of the virus. Joe Anderson said on Twitter that his eldest brother was in a ‘very serious condition’ in hospital in the city, the first area to face the toughest … Read more
Intensive care units at Liverpool’s biggest NHS trust are no busier than normal for this time of year, it emerged today. Councillor Paul Brant sparked fears yesterday after claiming the city’s critical-care units were already 95 per cent full and ‘filling up very fast’ amid a spike in Covid-19 cases. But Liverpool University Hospitals NHS … Read more
Liverpool’s intensive care wards are at 95% capacity and medics expect patient numbers to surge past those seen in the pandemic’s first wave ‘in ten days’, councillor warns Covid-19 patients in Liverpool hospitals could surpass first peak in next 10 days Councillor says there are 277 confirmed cases in hospitals around the city The first … Read more
A rare glimpse inside the coronavirus frontline at NHS hospitals has revealed intensive care units at breaking point as wards fill up. Boris Johnson on Monday warned that the number of coronavirus cases in the UK has ‘quadrupled in the last three weeks’ with today’s daily case total standing at 13,972 – up 11 per cent on … Read more
Parents are kept away from seeing their seriously ill babies in intensive care as hospitals impose ‘horrendous’ social distancing rules One mother, Taylor Moss, said visits to her premature baby have been limited Her daughter, Tyger-Rose, was given less than a five per cent chance of survival Another new mother didn’t hold her baby for … Read more