No new coronavirus patient deaths recorded at Surrey s hospital trusts for more than two weeks getsurrey.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from getsurrey.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UP to 8,700 patients died after catching Covid while in hospital being treated for something else.
The figures, provided by the hospitals, have been described by relatives of those who died, as “horrifying”, reports The Guardian.
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Nurses changing their PPE on Ward 5, a Covid Red Ward, at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in PaisleyCredit: PA
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Nurses change bed clothes at the Mater Hospital Covid-19 recovery ward in BelfastCredit: PA
Hospital acquired Covid - which reportedly has caused “many thousands” of unavoidable deaths - has been described by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt as “one of the silent scandals of this pandemic”.
Senior doctors and NHS leaders have long said hospitals have struggled to prevent the virus spreading like wildfire throughout the hospitals - because of shortages of single rooms, a lack of PPE and an inability to test staff and patients early in the pandemic.
Updated: 25 May 2021, 1:23
UP to 8,700 patients died after catching Covid while in hospital being treated for something else.
The figures, provided by the hospitals, have been described by relatives of those who died, as “horrifying”, reports The Guardian.
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Nurses changing their PPE on Ward 5, a Covid Red Ward, at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in PaisleyCredit: PA
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Nurses change bed clothes at the Mater Hospital Covid-19 recovery ward in BelfastCredit: PA
Hospital acquired Covid - which reportedly has caused “many thousands” of unavoidable deaths - has been described by former health secretary Jeremy Hunt as “one of the silent scandals of this pandemic”.
One Surrey hospital trust records new Covid-19 patient death getsurrey.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from getsurrey.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Almost every Surrey hospital trust records new coronavirus deaths over past two weeks
The total number of people who have died in hospitals run by trusts based in the county now stands at 3,481
Nurses working at a hospital (Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)
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Almost every Surrey hospital trust has recorded new coronavirus patient deaths over the past 15 days, the latest NHS statistics have revealed.