A British holidaymaker is fighting for his life on a ventilator in Greece after contracting acute pancreatitis at his sister’s dream destination wedding. Peter O’Malley, 33, from Leeds, flew to sunny Rhodes to attend the wedding of his NHS nurse sister Steph Burton, 26 – after her June nuptials were cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. But, … Read more
Moment a ventilator bursts into flames on a Covid ward in India as hazmat-suited hospital workers rush to evacuate patients Footage shows four medics dressed in hazmats in a hospital in Vadodara, India The fire happened at around 9:45pm on September 8 in SSG Hospital’s ICU unit A fireball flame sparks from the ventilator and engulfs … Read more
UK’s longest-suffering Covid-19 patient finally returns home after a record-breaking 141 days in hospital – including 105 on a ventilator Fatima Bridle, 35, fell ill with coronavirus after returning to the UK from Morocco She battled Covid-19, pneumonia and sepsis at Southampton General Hospital When her lungs collapsed she was on a ventilator and in a coma … Read more
‘This is real’: Jennifer Aniston posts graphic photo of male friend with COVID-19 on ventilator as she and Courteney Cox urge folks to wear masks By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:14 BST, 20 July 2020 | Updated: 02:28 BST, 20 July 2020 She is using her fame and social media platform to encourage people … Read more
Suspected Covid-19 patient dies after his relatives unplug ventilator so they could plug in an air cooler at Indian hospital Incident took place last Monday in the Maharao Bhimsingh Hospital in Rajasthan The patient, 40, had breathing difficulties and was put on a ventilator His family brought their own air cooler because temperatures were high … Read more
Rolling over on to his left side, Hugh Mullally wondered where his bedside table had gone. Come to think of it, his duvet had been replaced by a white sheet too. How odd. Was his mind playing tricks? Had he been dreaming? Then came a nervous twitch in the pit of his stomach. Suddenly, in fragments, … Read more
A blood cancer drug may help improve the conditions of severely ill coronavirus patients, a new small study suggests. Acalabrutinib, sold under the brandname Calquence by AstraZeneca, is a medication with anti-inflammatory properties that scientists believe can control the immune system’s overreaction to the virus. The majority of patients given the drugs came off supplemental … Read more
Fitbit follows Dyson and NASA in developing a ‘low cost’ emergency ventilator to treat coronavirus patients during the pandemic FitBit’s ‘Flow’ ventilator has been designed to be intuitive and easy-to-use The firm hopes it will reduce demand on the specialists who oversee ventilators Emergency ventilators will be used when traditional models are unavailable The FitBit … Read more
Female covid-19 victim, 35, is conscious and speaking after surviving a record 58 days on a ventilator in intensive care The female patient is at Southampton General Hospital and is still supported by a ventilator Dr Sanjay Gupta said she faces a long recovery as she ‘has virtually no muscle strength left’ Some of those … Read more
Children who contract coronavirus may be at greater risk of suffering from severe complications or death than previously believed, a new small study reveals. Researchers found nearly three-quarters of all children hospitalized in the US struggled to breathe and almost 40 percent need to be ventilated. More than one in five experienced multi-system organ failure. … Read more