Published:
1:54 PM January 29, 2021
Updated:
4:37 PM January 29, 2021
A refuse collector was injured following an incident with a bin lorry in Kirkley Run, Lowestoft.
- Credit: ARCHANT
A binman has suffered a suspected broken hip after an early morning incident with a bin lorry.
Emergency services were called to Kirkley Run, in Lowestoft, at 6.50am on Friday morning, January 29, following reports a member of a refuse collection team had been injured.
The man was taken to the James Paget University Hospital with a suspected broken hip.
A spokesperson for Waveney Norse said: We can confirm that an incident involving one of our Waveney Norse refuse operatives took place in Lowestoft this morning.
“We cannot be complacent – the drop is slow and numbers could quickly move the other way if we started to ease off. That’s why it’s so important to keep following the rules, as challenging as that is for everyone.
Despite the good news, the number of free critical care beds in Norfolk is still worryingly low, with 21 available as of January 24 – a slight improvement on the 14 available the week before.
Patients in critical care beds in Norfolk reached record highs on January 22 – when 82 patients needed life-saving treatment.
Coronavirus patients continue to make up around a third of all patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in King s Lynn. Meanwhile numbers have dropped at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) and James Paget University Hospital (JPUH), where virus patients now make up around a quarter of the total.
Mrs Cleveland is one of 11,534 Norfolk patients who had waited a year or more for routine surgeries by November last year, and as the battle to contain the Covid pandemic overwhelms the NHS, waiting times for non-coronavirus treatments are set to get even longer.
Erin Escott, 21 from Loddon, has been waiting since late 2019 for an operation at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) to remove her gallstones.
She described the pain from daily attacks as excruciating and said her mental health has deteriorated to the point where she doesn’t recognise herself anymore.
Erin Escott says her painful gallstones have affected both her physical and mental health
Mrs Cleveland is one of 11,534 Norfolk patients who had waited a year or more for routine surgeries by November last year, and as the battle to contain the Covid pandemic overwhelms the NHS, waiting times for non-coronavirus treatments are set to get even longer.
Erin Escott, 21 from Loddon, has been waiting since late 2019 for an operation at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) to remove her gallstones.
She described the pain from daily attacks as excruciating and said her mental health has deteriorated to the point where she doesn’t recognise herself anymore.
Erin Escott says her painful gallstones have affected both her physical and mental health
A 28-year-old bride-to-be has died with coronavirus after she was admitted to hospital with suspected appendicitis.
Laura Gentry, from Kessingland near Lowestoft, was rushed to hospital with abdominal pains just before the New Year.
She was diagnosed with Covid-19 while on a ward in James Paget University Hospital in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and put on a ventilator.
Her family said the horse-riding enthusiast, who was engaged to partner Jack Brighouse, then passed away on January 17 in hospital.
It is not known if she had any other underlying health conditions, or if she contracted the virus while being treated in hospital.