Ministers ‘order NHS mobile phone app that tracks people’s movements’ to allow the coronavirus lockdown to be lifted NHSX is said to be working on software which uses bluetooth technology It would alert users when they are near someone who has tested positive Move would require the Government to track movement of millions of people Ex-MI5 chief … Read more
Malaria drug hailed a ‘game changer’ by Donald Trump is used in NHS hospitals for first time to treat coronavirus patients despite controversy over its effectiveness Hydroxychloroquine is used at Barts in London and the Royal Devon and Exeter Trump said the drug is a ‘game changer’ but the NHS has discouraged its use It … Read more
New ‘iron lung’ ventilator endorsed by Stephen Hawking’s family is due to be trialled with the NHS Exovent was modelled on the ‘iron lung’ used to battle 20th century polio crisis The device is set to be trialled at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle first It can be used on a ward where patients … Read more
New ‘iron lung’ ventilator endorsed by Stephen Hawking’s family is due to be trialled with the NHS Exovent was modelled on the ‘iron lung’ used to battle 20th century polio crisis The device is set to be trialled at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle first It can be used on a ward where patients … Read more
Coronavirus patients in the UK have started to receive an anti-malaria drug that US President Donald Trump has labelled a ‘game-changer’. And early signs of whether a British coronavirus vaccine works – or doesn’t – may be only weeks away, a leading expert has said. Professor Sarah Gilbert said yesterday she was ’80 per cent confident’ a … Read more
Coronavirus patients in the UK have started to receive an anti-malaria drug that US President Donald Trump has labelled a ‘game-changer’. And early signs of whether a British coronavirus vaccine works – or doesn’t – may be only weeks away, a leading expert has said. Professor Sarah Gilbert said yesterday she was ’80 per cent confident’ a … Read more
Her vivid accounts from a hospital battling to cope with coronavirus have been terrifying and heartbreaking in equal measure. Here, in the doctor’s latest diary, read how the sheer weight of patient numbers means normal procedures to save lives have been all but abandoned… MONDAY: A man is dying but these days it’s no emergency … Read more
NHS doctors warn their hospitals are running out of three vital drugs that help the sickest coronavirus patients Doctors said the supplies of propofol, fentanyl and noradrenaline are getting low They use powerful anaesthesia drugs, such as propofol, to intubate their patient Noradrenalin, an adrenaline, and painkiller fentanyl were banned from export Learn more about … Read more
Hospitals in Britain are running out of body bags and wrapping coronavirus victims in bed sheets, claim funeral directors Funeral directors are concerned for the safety of their staff collecting corpses The UK has now seen 9,937 deaths after a rise of 979 on Saturday Shortages are worst in London, but the problem is spreading … Read more
Medics were expecting Boris Johnson to be rushed to hospital three days before he was finally admitted – and only realised that he wasn’t coming when they saw him clapping for the NHS that evening on their television screens. The doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital in London were wearing full protective clothing on Thursday April … Read more