Hospitals face continued pressure as Covid-19 remains prominent throughout the country. However, UHD, responsible for the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals, and Poole Hospital, said 761 people have been discharged after suffering from the virus. At the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, 412 have been discharged, 349 have been discharged from Poole Hospital. Dr Alyson O’Donnell, chief medical officer for UHD, said: “Amongst the sadness brought about by Covid-19 during the year, it has also been truly heartening to see how communities up and down the country have come together in support of the NHS. “East Dorset has been no exception, and Covid-19 has been an incredible test of our systems and people, and I am immensely proud of the way in which we and the wider NHS has responded.
1/1 A MAN who had half of his leg amputated after contracting coronavirus is urging people to take the virus seriously. Lee Mabbatt, 56, from Northbourne, contracted coronavirus late October and isolated at home for 10 days. Lee described having the virus as worse than the flu as he felt achy all over his body and his food not tasting right. Near the end of his isolation period, Lee started to feel better until he discovered he had no feeling in his right foot, which eventually led to having his leg below the knee amputated earlier this month. Lee said: On the Saturday I had what I call a dead leg, so I phoned 111 the next day who advised me to take painkillers. The pain increased again a few days later so I phoned 111 again and they told me to go to A&E. Tests were done and I had a CT scan which showed a six inch blood clot at the top of my thigh.
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Mr Mabbatt said: On the Saturday I had what I call a dead leg, so I phoned 111 the next day who advised me to take painkillers. The pain increased again a few days later so I phoned 111 again and they told me to go to A&E. Tests were done and I had a CT scan which showed a six inch blood clot at the top of my thigh.
Surgeons at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital operated immediately to remove the clot in an attempt to return blood flow to Mr Mabbat s foot, however in the days after the toes and ball of his right foot slowly began to turn black.
THERE have been no further deaths with coronavirus reported in Dorset hospitals, latest figures show. Data released by NHS England show no deaths have been recorded involving coronavirus in the county over the last 24 hours. It means the figures remain the same, with 158 deaths coming at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital since the start of the pandemic, 107 recorded at Poole Hospital, 32 at the Dorset Healthcare Trust and 27 at the Dorset County Hospital. Across England, a further 231 people died with the virus in hospital, taking the total to 48,542. Patients were aged between 30 and 103 years old and all but five and underlying health conditions.