The number of patients being treated for coronavirus at two of the region’s major hospitals has surged to above 500 – with more people battling the illness.
Published:
1:38 PM January 25, 2021
Updated:
2:54 PM January 25, 2021
Gorleston s James Paget University Hospital has been criticised by one man who says the frequent ward transfers of Covid-positive patients is extremely worrying (stock image)
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The enormous pressure still being placed on staff at a Norfolk hospital has been highlighted by the son of a coronavirus patient who was moved around seven times in the space of two weeks.
The man, who does not want to be named while his mother remains in the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston, said he was “shocked” at the manner in which the 85-year-old was being “moved from ward to ward” while suffering from coronavirus.
There are concerns over a lack of vaccine centres in north Suffolk
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
Concerns have been raised about the lack of coronavirus vaccine centres in northern parts of Suffolk.
The majority of Suffolk s existing vaccine sites are in the south of the county, causing fears about how elderly populations in more rural northern parts will be catered for.
Currently, those living in the Waveney area can be vaccinated at some GP sites including Kirkley Mill Surgery in Lowestoft and Sole Bay Health Centre in Southwold.
The community pharmacy Hayden Chemist, in Lowestoft, and the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston are also vaccinating patients.
The number of patients being treated for coronavirus at two of the region’s major hospitals has surged to above 500 – with more people battling the illness.
There are concerns over a lack of vaccine centres in north Suffolk
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
Concerns have been raised about the lack of coronavirus vaccine centres in northern parts of Suffolk.
The majority of Suffolk s existing vaccine sites are in the south of the county, causing fears about how elderly populations in more rural northern parts will be catered for.
Currently, those living in the Waveney area can be vaccinated at some GP sites including Kirkley Mill Surgery in Lowestoft and Sole Bay Health Centre in Southwold.
The community pharmacy Hayden Chemist, in Lowestoft, and the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston are also vaccinating patients.