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ERs are seeing up to 60% fewer heart attack patients as coronavirus patients fill their beds

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Emergency rooms across the US are seeing less than half of usual number of heart attack patients as beds are filled by those infected with coronavirus. A Twitter poll by Angioplasty.org – a community of cardiologists – found that doctors reported a 40 percent to 60 percent reduction in hospital admissions for heart attacks. Nearly … Read more

London ambulances took an HOUR on average to reach heart attack patients in March

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Ambulances in London took more than an hour to reach heart attack, stroke and sepsis patients in March, on average, amid the capital’s coronavirus crisis. The Category 2 patients, who are life-threateningly ill and lower priority only than someone whose heart or breathing has stopped, waited an average of one hour, one minute and 22 … Read more