Father, 63, who is one of UK’s longest-suffering Covid patients is discharged from north London hospital after 149 days after spending TWO MONTHS sedated in intensive care Anil Patel tested positive for Covid-19 at the beginning of May after collapsing He was admitted to King George Hospital in Ilford where he spent four months On … Read more
A Manchester authority has reportedly told care homes to accept Covid-19 patients being discharged from hospitals to free up beds when a second wave hits. Trafford council in Greater Manchester, a coronavirus hotspot in England, says care homes will need to be prepared to take elderly people, regardless of if they are infected, because ‘hospitals … Read more
Prince Joachim of Denmark has been released from hospital and reunited with his family after undergoing emergency brain surgery in July. The Danish royal, 51, was spending the summer holidays with his family in France in the Chateau de Cayx, which belongs to his mother, when he fell ill. The son of Queen Margrethe, who … Read more
Katie Price’s son Harvey, 18, has been discharged from hospital, after fighting for his life in intensive care. The former glamour model, 42, described her eldest child returning home as ‘the best day ever’, after a 10-day long stint in hospital. Katie recently revealed eight doctors fought to save Harvey’s life after suffering from breathing … Read more
Up to two thirds of elderly patients discharged from hospitals into a care home at the height of the pandemic were not tested for Covid-19, it was claimed today. NHS England data shows at least 25,000 patients were moved from hospitals to care homes between March 17 and April 15. But 16,000 weren’t tested to … Read more
A British pilot who was Vietnam’s most critical Covid-19 patient was discharged from a hospital on Saturday and will now return home to Scotland. Stephen Cameron, 42, was taken by ambulance from Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City to the city’s airport. He was scheduled to take a flight to Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, … Read more
FEBRUARY – SAGE scientists warned Government ‘very early on’ about the risk to care homes Britain’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, revealed in April that he and other senior scientists warned politicians ‘very early on’ about the risk COVID-19 posed to care homes. He said: ‘So very early on we looked at a number … Read more
Nearly 20,000 hospital patients – most of whom hadn’t been tested for coronavirus – were discharged into care homes during the first weeks of lockdown, it emerged yesterday. Up until April 16, government guidelines said patients should be released into care homes – even if they had tested positive for Covid-19. Official public health guidance … Read more
Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, told MPs today that elderly hospital patients who had coronavirus symptoms were discharged into care homes without being tested Elderly hospital patients who had coronavirus symptoms were discharged into care homes without being tested despite warnings from around the world the crisis could grip the sector, industry bosses … Read more
NHS staff erupted into applause as the first two successfully treated Covid-19 patients were discharged from the NHS Nightingale hospital in London today. Healthcare workers broke into tears of joy as the two men were wheeled out of the field hospital at the ExCeL, east London, on Sunday afternoon. The patients are the first people to be successfully … Read more