Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography While the NHS and professional bodies say hospitals were forced to cancel elective appointments to limit patients in wards, the pandemic has exposed flaws in the health service’s ability to diagnose serious conditions early, experts say. Top radiologists have said an historical lack of staff as well as a shortage in CT and MRI scanners has been “exacerbated” by Covid-19. Dr William Ramsden is Vice president of the clinical radiology faculty for the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and a Children’s radiologist at Leeds Children’s Hospital. Speaking about the pressures of the pandemic, he said: “I think the main problem was that the routine work was cancelled. We were all asked to concentrate on the Covid work, quite naturally. Thus we stopped getting so many referrals and there was less work coming through than would normally be expected.
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COVID jabs are to be given out in ten more NHS hospitals from Devon to Birmingham and Lancashire.
Tens of thousands of people will be vaccinated this week following the first in the world jab in Coventry on Tuesday.
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Tens of thousands of people will be vaccinated this week following the first in the world jab in Coventry on TuesdayCredit: Reuters
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Fifty NHS hospitals are ready to roll out Pfizer s Covid vaccine from next weekCredit: Reuters
Already 53 NHS hospitals are standing by to roll out the Pfizer jab after the historic day.
Ten others are now fully ready and prepared to deliver the vaccine, including hospitals in Leicester and Kent, where infection rates have been high
Coronavirus: Number of Healthcare Worker Deaths Triples in Last Two Weeks
In total, 32 healthcare workers have died so far from the coronavirus. To amount to this total, deaths had doubled in the last nine days, and tripled in the last two weeks, tabloid Blikk wrote in reference to Hungarian Medical Chamber’s (MOK) data.
Among the healthcare workers in general, GPs appear to be the most vulnerable: to date, nine of them and one assistant have died due to the infection.
Nurses and paramedics are also extremely exposed to the epidemic, as six from each group lost their lives so far, including two more frontline workers.