Kate Garraway takes control of critically-ill husband Derek Draper’s business affairs

MARCH  2020 Kate revealed she and Prince Charles had got ‘relatively close’ at the Prince’s Trust Awards on March 11 – Charles was diagnosed with coronavirus in mid-March.   She said: ‘Around the 29/30 March, I came home came in and said [to Derek] ‘god you look ill.’ ‘He said he had a headache, numbness in his right hand, … Read more

Nearly 4,500 critically-ill patients are being treated in hospital beds every day in England

The number of critically-ill patients taking up intensive care beds in NHS hospitals in England has dropped by a quarter over the last month, official figures revealed today. But there are still nearly 4,500 people being treated in critical care units each day, according to figures that lay bare the huge amount of pressure Covid … Read more

Covid UK: Critically-ill patients from overwhelmed wards in London will be sent to West Country

Health officials today warned that people as young as 30 ‘will die from Covid’ as NHS hospitals in the West Country brace for an overspill of critically-ill patients from London under emergency plans. Trusts in London and the south-east at the centre of the UK’s epidemic are preparing to transfer patients to hospitals in the … Read more

Arthritis drug tocilizumab can help critically-ill Covid patients recover, trial finds

The arthritis drug tocilizumab can help critically-ill Covid-19 patients recover, a large British trial has found. Patients given the drug in a clinical trial led by Imperial College London were found to be 87 per cent more likely to see their symptoms improve within 28 days than patients not given the drug. But because the … Read more

Stem cell therapy boosts Covid-19 survival rates FIVE-fold for critically-ill patients

A stem cell therapy boosted Covid-19 survival rates five-fold for patients hooked up to ventilators, Spanish scientists have claimed. Two out of the 13 patients in the small study died, with the remainder returning from the brink of death after doctors assumed at least 11 of them would succumb to the disease.  Overall 70 per … Read more

Covid-19 treatment hope as heart failure drug will be trialled on 60 critically-ill patients

A drug designed to stop blood clots could be a life-saving treatment for Covid-19, according to scientists who are now trialling it in the UK. The British Heart Foundation has begun a study to test the effects of a medication called TRV027. It has already worked for heart failure by keeping a healthy balance between … Read more

Critically-ill coronavirus patient saved by quick-thinking doctor who gave him an arthritis drug

A critically-ill coronavirus patient was saved after getting a promising arthritis drug that is being trialled by doctors worldwide. Leonard Whitehurst was admitted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital on March 16 with a confirmed case of COVID-19. Over the course of his stay, his condition deteriorated until his prognosis was ‘very grim’, according to medics … Read more

Hundreds of critically-ill coronavirus patients will be given an arthritis drug in RECOVERY trial

Tocilizumab, marketed as Actemra, will be given to hundreds of critically ill coronavirus patients in the NHS Hundreds of critically ill coronavirus patients in the NHS will be given an arthritis drug as part of the world’s largest trial of promising therapies. Tocilizumab, sold as RoActemra or Actemra, will be administered to patients whose lungs … Read more

Turning my critically-ill wife onto her STOMACH saved her life from coronavirus

A PR consultant has revealed how his wife made a dramatic recovery from COVID-19 after medics turned her on her stomach. Adam Fresco, 52, heartbreakingly said goodbye to his wife, Stacey, because NHS doctors were convinced she would die of the infection within a ‘couple of hours’. Out of desperation, he asked if there was … Read more