Britain is rushing to dispatch a further 1,000 ventilators to India to help its struggling healthcare system deal with a surge in coronavirus infections which is killing thousands every day. Boris Johnson promised ‘the UK will always be there for India’ as he committed fresh assistance including advice from NHS staff and Professor Chris Whitty … Read more
Boris Johnson last night pledged to support India in its battle against the devastating Covid surge which has brought the country to its knees. The UK is ‘looking at what we can do to help’ after India recorded a record-breaking 332,000 new cases in a single day. Hospitals across the nation are buckling under the strain … Read more
Boris Johnson last night pledged to support India in its battle against the devastating Covid surge which has brought the country to its knees. The UK is ‘looking at what we can do to help’ after India recorded a record-breaking 332,000 new cases in a single day. Hospitals across the nation are buckling under the strain … Read more
An intensive care consultant described the ‘palpable fear’ in patients who face being put on ventilators after watching others dying around them in ICU wards. Dr Richard Cree works at Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital alongside his consultant wife Nicky. He has been blogging about his experiences on the Covid front line throughout the pandemic, … Read more
The proportion of severely ill Covid-19 patients needing to be hooked up to ventilators has more than halved since the peak of the pandemic in the spring, figures reveal. Twenty-six per cent of intensive care patients received invasive ventilation up to 24 hours after being admitted to hospital last month. But this figure was as … Read more
Thousands of ventilators bought to treat Covid-19 patients are sitting in warehouses due to a lack of demand, the spending watchdog has revealed. Ministers prioritised ‘speed over cost’, meaning they paid 50 per cent over the odds for foreign-supplied machines, the National Audit Office (NAO) found. In one case, 750 ventilators purchased at a cost of … Read more
Thousands of ventilators bought to treat Covid-19 patients are sitting in warehouses due to a lack of demand, the spending watchdog has revealed. Ministers prioritised ‘speed over cost’, meaning they paid 50 per cent over the odds for foreign-supplied machines, the National Audit Office (NAO) found. In one case, 750 ventilators purchased at a cost of … Read more
Obese children hospitalized with coronavirus are THREE TIMES more likely to need ventilators, study finds Researchers looked at 50 coronavirus pediatric patients hospitalized at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital Obesity was the most chronic health condition with 19 patients either being obese or overweight 60% of obese pediatric patients with coronavirus were characterized as having ‘severe … Read more
Fitbit is shifting its resources to help build ventilators designed to treat COVID-19 patients The Google-owned company will shift its resources into building ventilators It’s not immediately clear what the exact cost will be It says the ventilators will be ‘advanced’ but will be moderately priced Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19 By James … Read more
HEALTH NOTES: App gives voice to Covid patients on ventilators By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 16 May 2020 Covid-19 patients struggling to communicate in intensive care have been given a voice thanks to a groundbreaking new app. The program, which can be downloaded free on … Read more