Joe Biden meets ICU nurse who says she’s NEVER had COVID-19 test

Joe Biden wiped away tears after speaking to an ICU nurse about her last nine months treating COVID-19 patients as she revealed that the staff in her hospital still don’t have enough PPE and that she has never been able to receive a coronavirus test. The President-elect was holding a virtual meeting with frontline workers … Read more

Joe Biden tearful as he talks to ICU nurse about COVID-19 patients

Joe Biden wiped away tears after speaking to an ICU nurse about her last nine months treating COVID-19 patients as she revealed that the staff in her hospital still don’t have enough PPE and that she has never been able to receive a coronavirus test. The President-elect was holding a virtual meeting with frontline workers … Read more

TOWIE’s Kelsey Stratford pulls out of show’s Christmas special as her sister battles Covid in ICU

Kelsey Stratford has confirmed she’s pulled out of The Only Way Is Essex’s Christmas special as her sister Kennedy battles coronavirus in intensive care at Great Ormond Street Hospital. In a message shared to Instagram on Sunday, the tutor, 19, revealed she’s isolating for two weeks and has taken a test after her eight-year-old sibling – … Read more

TOWIE’s Kelsey Stratford reveals her sister has been rushed to ICU after contracting coronavirus 

TOWIE’s Kelsey Stratford reveals her sister Kennedy, 8, has been rushed to intensive care after contracting coronavirus By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 18:26 GMT, 15 November 2020 | Updated: 18:26 GMT, 15 November 2020 TOWIE‘s Kelsey Stratford has revealed her sister Kennedy, 8, has been rushed to intensive care after she tested positive for … Read more

Jeremih ‘on a ventilator as he battles COVID-19 in the ICU’

Jeremih ‘on a ventilator battling COVID-19 in the ICU’… as 50 Cent and Chance the Rapper ask fans to pray for his health By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 21:31 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 21:31 GMT, 14 November 2020 Jeremih is reportedly on a ventilator battling COVID-19 in the ICU.  TMZ reported Saturday … Read more

NHS is treating 22 hospitals’ worth of coronavirus patients – but ICU is no busier than normal

Sir Simon Stevens The NHS will move back to its highest alert level from midnight tonight in anticipation of a wave of coronavirus hospital admissions in the coming weeks.  Sir Simon Stevens – NHS England’s chief executive – said the move to level four was in response to the ‘serious situation ahead’. He claimed the … Read more

NHS used HALF as many ICU beds during Covid-19 crisis in the spring as France

The NHS used half as many intensive care beds as France, Belgium and other badly-hit European nations during the Covid-19 crisis in the spring, according to figures that come amid shock claims the health service denied care to older patients to stop it becoming overwhelmed.  At most, there were the equivalent of 50 infected patients … Read more

Algorithm could help ‘share the load’ of ICU beds and support up to 1,000 Covid-19 patients

A new algorithm could be used in the NHS to help hospitals ‘share the load’ and ensure Covid-19 patients get access to an ICU bed when needed, a study has found.  Queen Mary University of London researchers, proposes a load balancing system that would see critical ICU patients transferred between hospitals as needed. This would involve an algorithm … Read more

ICU nurse, 36, is banned from the road for drink-driving

ICU nurse, 36, is banned from the road for drink-driving after being caught on way home following her first night out with friends since lockdown ended Justine McMinn, 36, was stopped by traffic police after she was seen swerving  She was driving on M6 near Knutsford in Cheshire following a ‘post Covid’ party Officers found … Read more

New research shows 8 out of 10 ICU Covid patients are surviving

Almost 8 out of 10 coronavirus patients admitted to intensive care units are now pulling through – thanks to UK clinical trials identifying drugs that raise survival odds In April a Covid-19 intensive care patient had a 50 per cent chance of survival New research has found that almost eight out of ten will survive … Read more