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A British hospital is the first in the world to use a sponge on a string to detect oesophageal cancer in a Covid-safe way. It allows health workers to collect cell samples from the food pipe without the need for an endoscopy, biopsy or sedation. Endoscopies, which involve passing a thin tube containing a camera and light into the body, were suspended during the pandemic because they can cause the virus to be sprayed into the air. But University College London Hospital continued to assess patien...

Doctors fear that staff shortages, the need to tackle the big backlog of surgery that has built up, and existing strain on lung and heart services will limit the care that the NHS can provide. The boss of the hospital that set up the NHS’s first specialist clinic for long Covid admitted that it was struggling to give patients the speedy and high-quality help they needed. The head of the Royal College of GPs voiced concern that sufferers were facing long waits to get seen. Prof Helen Stokes-La...

2021-01-03 14:05:46 GMT2021-01-03 22:05:46(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LONDON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- University College hospital, one of Londons biggest hospitals, is battling to accommodate the fast-rising number of COVID-19 patients across the capital, warning that it is "on track to be almost COVID-only" as intensive care patients soar, local media reported. The hospital is scrambling to convert operating theaters and stroke wards into intensive care units, the London-based The Guardian...

news Top London hospital preparing for "COVID-only care" as intensive care patients soar Gu Zhenqiu © Provided by N.C.N. Limited  Photo taken on Dec. 29, 2020 shows a man walking along the Waterloo Bridge backdropped by the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain. (Xinhua/Han Yan) "The biggest thing for me is Im dreadfully worried about my team. Nurses are having to spread themselves thinly," said Elaine Thorpe, critical care matron at the University College hospital. "Were g...

Hospital staff are told to prepare to ventilate patients manually if oxygen runs low as NHS chiefs warn of nail-biting scenario Nearly 23,000 beds in England were occupied by coronavirus patients on New Years Eve – higher than April Staff at one major London hospital told to prepare to manually ventilate patients using an ambu bag  NHS England data shows critical care demand was last week outstripping extra beds added for Covid crisis In London, three quarters of ICU wards were 100% full or ...

He told The Telegraph: “We are seeing elderly people who have fallen waiting five or six hours for an ambulance simply because there aren’t any available and the higher grade respiratory problems and chest problems get a higher priority.” The crisis is particularly acute in London where the capital’s busiest facility, the Royal London Hospital, has only one nurse for every three Covid patients being treated in intensive care, leaked correspondence shows. The facility in east London has ...

UCLH staff spend New Year’s Eve kitting out makeshift ICUs in anticipation of a surge in Covid-19 patients. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian One of London’s biggest hospitals has warned it is on track to become virtually Covid-only amid a surge in cases in the capital that has left it scrambling to convert operating theatres, surgical recovery areas and stroke wards into intensive care units for the very sick. As the daily corona...

UK scientists trial instant immunity antibody drug treatment for COVID-19 PTI London:  Scientists in the UK have begun trials of innovative antibody-drug treatments that they hope could provide instant protection against COVID-19. The University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH) said that the researchers in the Storm Chase study believe a Long Acting AntiBody (LAAB) known as AZD7442, developed by AstraZeneca, may offer immediate and long-term protection to people who have...

UK scientists trial AstraZenecas instant immunity antibody-drug treatment for COVID-19 Tthe researchers in the Storm Chase study believe a Long-Acting AntiBody (LAAB) known as AZD7442, developed by AstraZeneca, may offer immediate and long-term protection to people who have been recently exposed to coronavirus PTI | December 27, 2020 | Updated 09:48 IST AZD7442 has the potential to be an important preventative and therapeutic medicine against COVID-19 Scientists in the UK have begun trials of ...