Teesside hospital s A&E attendances return to pre-covid levels
However social distancing rules and infection control precautions are still placing pressures on NHS staff
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Patient numbers at a Teesside hospital s A&E department have returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Middlesbrough s James Cook University Hospital saw 300 admissions on Sunday and recorded 327 on Monday.
However health bosses say staff are still facing challenges posed by the pandemic including adhering to social distancing rules and infection control pre-cautions.
Burglar stole mountain bikes and damaged parquet flooring A BURGLAR who caused ‘gratuitous’ damage to a house being renovated by its owner has been jailed for 16 months. Callum Wood smashed his way into the property before pouring cement all over a newly laid parquet floor and making off with two mountain bikes and the keys to the rear door and patio doors. The 32-year-old committed the burglary in Middlesbrough while he was on licence after being released from prison for breaking into hospital staff cars at the start of the Covid pandemic last March. Teesside Crown Court heard how Wood’s addiction to alcohol and drugs was behind his offending.
A MOTORIST’S decision to attempt to overtake led to “devastating consequences” for an oncoming driver and his own son. Craig Allen was driving a Kia Venga which collided head-on with a Vauxhall Astra, on the A68 near Witton-le-Wear, at 7.30am on September 13, 2018. Astra driver, Nick Copson, from Woodland, in Teesdale, suffered what Durham Crown Court heard were “catastrophic” injuries . He was cut free from the wreckage and airlifted from the scene in a critical condition with life-changing injuries, including a broken back, crushed torso and punctured lungs. The 46-year-old chef remained in a coma for five weeks and underwent surgery, including a double leg amputation, amid lengthy treatment at Middlesbrough’s James Cook University Hospital, but has been left paralysed with numerous other medical complications.
Chef Nick Copson, who suffered catastrophic life-changing injuries in head-on collision, pictured with his wife Nikki, prior to the accident A MOTORIST’S decision to attempt an overtaking manoeuvre led to “devastating consequences” for an oncoming driver and his own son. Craig Allen was at the wheel of a Kia Venga which collided head-on with a Vauxhall Astra, on the A68 between Witton-le-Wear and Toft Hill, at 7.30am on September 13, 2018. The Astra driver, Nick Copson, from Woodland, in Teesdale, suffered what Durham Crown Court heard were “catastrophic” injuries on impact, which was described by witnesses as like, “an explosion”. He was cut free from the wreckage of his vehicle and airlifted from the scene in a critical condition with life-changing injuries, including a broken back, crushed torso and punctured lungs.
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Almost no Covid patients were admitted to a Teesside hospital in the past week as staff there have logged a surprisingly calm few days.