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Covid patients have been transferred to hospitals in Newcastle from over-stretched London intensive care units.
A small number, fewer than five, have been moved hundreds of miles from the south east, the BBC has been told.
Hospitals with the largest critical care capacity have been asked to take patients from other areas to ease pressures.
However, NHS England has denied that patients have been transferred to Newcastle from London.
It is not uncommon for patients to be transferred from one busy hospital to another within the region, but moving the sick from out of their areas is unusual.
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08:00, 16 DEC 2020
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