BREAKING: London hospital declares critical incident after running out of ICU beds.
The situation has been described as ‘f***ing terrifying’ by health bosses in the capital, where the scale of the disease is weeks ahead of the rest of the country.
In a message to staff, the Northwick Hospital in Harrow said it has no critical care capacity left and has contacted neighbouring hospitals about transferring patients who need critical care to other sites.said: ‘I am writing to let you know that we have this evening declared a ‘critical incident’ in relation to our critical care capacity at Northwick Park Hospital. This is due to an increasing number of patients with Covid-19.
Six people have died of coronavirus at Northwick Park Hospital, which is ran by the London North West University Healthcare Trust. A spokesperson said critical care capacity for patients with coronavirus ‘is being organised on a cross-London basis’ to allow hospitals and organisations to work together ‘to deliver the best possible care for patients’. They stressed the importance of the role of the public in following expert guidance, ‘on washing your hands, staying at home and using health services responsibly’.They told HSJ: ‘Given we’re in the low foothills of this virus, this is f***ing petrifying.
‘The thing people aren’t really talking about yet is that we are going to have to quickly agree some clinical thresholds for admissions to intensive care.This is what the Italians have had to do.’
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