Senior sister Anthea Allen has been a nurse for well over 20 years and thought she had ‘seen it all’ in her long NHS career. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. When it hit, she was — still is — among those in charge of the critical care unit at St George’s Hospital in South London, … Read more
Boris Johnson came out fighting today ‘after taking a pasting’ from coronavirus – but cannot possibly be feeling 100 per cent so soon after leaving intensive care, experts told MailOnline today. Mail Online’s body language expert said the Prime Minister showed ‘flashes of the old Boris’ in his speech from the steps of Number 10 … Read more
Russian doctor falls to her death from hospital window ‘after being blamed for spread of Covid-19 at cosmonaut training facility’ – days after medic who reported PPE shortages also plunged from a window Natalya Lebedeva was accused of failing to stop an outbreak, colleagues claim She was involved in treating the city’s ‘patient zero’, a … Read more
A great-grandmother died after testing positive for coronavirus on the same day as her husband – who saw her for one last kiss when they passed in a hospital corridor. Tributes have poured in after the death of Carol Kleiman, 78, who was admitted to St James’ Hospital in Leeds with her 83-year-old husband Harvey … Read more
The giant Nightingale hospital that hasn’t treated ONE patient: West Midlands Mayor Andy Street admits new temporary health centre in Birmingham has ‘not needed to be used’ yet The temporary hospital, which was built in eight days and has the potential capacity for 4,000 patients over a 75,000 sq ft area, opened on April 10 … Read more
Staff slam empty London Nightingale hospital as a ‘complete waste of money’ as patients drop to a ‘ludicrously low’ 26 A source at the 3,600-bed flagship facility told The Mail on Sunday the ‘ludicrously low’ number of Covid19 victims had shattered morale It has been claimed the Nightingale hospital was ‘a complete waste of money … Read more
Former BBC Radio 4 presenter Richard Sanders dies, aged 62, after catching coronavirus in hospital Richard Sanders, 62, worked on programme for more than a decade from 1988 Death was announced on the show on Saturday by presenter Charlotte Smith Mr Sanders died after contracting COVID-19 in hospital, Ms Smith said Former colleague Anna Hill … Read more
Across the country, every day thousands of NHS workers are putting their lives on the line to care for our most vulnerable. Here, former Love Island contestant DR ALEX GEORGE, an A&E doctor at Lewisham Hospital in South London, shares his front-line diary… MONDAY Arriving at work today, despite knowing the challenges and traumas ahead … Read more
NHS hospital boss slams private company for outrageous profiteering after being offered £2 protective gowns for £16.50 each – 825 PER CENT the normal price Nick Hulme looked to alternative sources to increase his NHS trust’s PPE stock The East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust has enough PPE for now Ipswich MP Tom … Read more
The twin sister of a nurse who died of coronavirus and inspired applause from NHS staff was also killed by the bug just hours after the heartfelt tribute. Emma Davis, 37, a former nurse herself, died at Southampton General Hospital today, just three days after the death of identical twin Katy, who worked as a … Read more