Covid inquiry hears harrowing testimony from ex-adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England.
Prof Kevin Fong said he undertook an informal visit to one of the "hardest hit" intensive care units in the country
The former national clinical adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England recalled a conversation with an intensive care doctor during a visit in December 2020. During the pandemic, Prof Fong, a consultant anaesthetist, conducted around 40 visits of intensive care units on behalf of NHS England to offer peer support to the doctors and nurses working there.
He described the situation as the worst he had witnessed: "I was on the scene of the Soho bombing in 1999, I worked in the emergency department during the 7th July suicide bombing with the helicopter medical service. And nothing I saw during all of those events was as bad as really Covid was every single day for every single one of these hospitals through the pandemic surges.
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