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A DOCTOR says members of the public who disobey the coronavirus rules have “blood on their hands” as a London hospital reportedly declared he was in “disaster medicine mode”.
Professor Hugh Montgomery said he was “angry” at Britons not wearing masks as the crisis in British hospitals deepens.
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The NHS has come under heavy pressure as a highly contagious new strain of Covid sweeps through London and the South East, as health experts begged the public to stay home.
Dr Julia Grace Patterson, leader of the EveryDoctor campaign group, claimed today that an email from the Royal London Hospital management said it had entered “disaster medicine mode”.
The email allegedly read: “We are now in disaster medicine mode. We no longer provide high-level intensive care because we can’t. “
The Sun Online has reached out to the Royal London Hospital for comment.
Professor Hugh Montgomery, who works in the intensive care unit at Whittington Hospital in north London, also spoke of his fury over coronavirus rules amid the escalating crisis.
He told Radio 5 Live: “Anyone listening to this, don’t wear their masks and behave like this … They have blood on their hands, they are spreading this virus, then other people will transmit it and people will.” To die.
“They won’t know that they have killed people, but they have.”
The doctor, who is also a professor of intensive care medicine at University College London, added: “I’m seeing entire families disappear here. It has to stop.”
They have blood on their hands, they are spreading this virus, then other people will pass it on and people will die.
Professor Hugh Montgomery
According to The Times, a note circulated to senior staff after a meeting of the Northeast and Central London Adult Critical Care Network warned that demand was outstripping resources at many hospitals.
The network, which covers 17 hospitals in London and Essex, reportedly said it was “more than full” and “needs help” in dealing with a shortage of nurses and rapidly depleting oxygen supplies.
The note added that the network was dangerously close to full capacity with 235 patients in 236 beds, 160 of whom were battling Covid-19, and more patients were expected.
The use of oxygen at Queen’s Hospital in Romford was also reported to be so high that doctors were forced to approve reduced targets for patients, although doctors insisted it was a safe measure.
According to the note, the Trust’s staffing was also said to be “terrible” with 28 critical care nurses and seven less-trained nurses currently serving 68 patients.
The Royal College of Nursing says that the “gold standard” ratio is one registered nurse per patient.
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It is also feared that the spread of the new strain beyond the southeast has put trusts in other regions under great pressure, and that Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is “near breaking point”.
ITV’s Good Morning Britain said today that the hospital, which has the largest ICU in the country, was struggling to cope with an increase in admissions, with some patients forced to wait in ambulances for three hours.
Residents living nearby told the program that the siren noise was “relentless”, and the Trust is reported to be receiving patients from London and elsewhere.
‘REALLY STRETCHED’
Dr David Rosser, Executive Director of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, told BirminghamLive that the situation was “the most critical I have seen on the NHS in 25 years”.
He said: “We are very, very close in intensive care and we don’t have enough ITU-trained nurses to handle the number of patients in intensive care.”
“As a result, we are back to where we were in April when we had to recruit non-specialists to help. We are really stretched.”
Yesterday, Essex called the army after declaring a major incident at its paralyzed hospitals, with patients being treated in the back of ambulances.
Sir Bernard Jenkin, MP for Harwich and North Essex, asked Health Secretary Matt Hancock for military support to build additional hospitals and help implement the Covid vaccine.
There is also a growing fear that London hospitals may send patients to Yorkshire as intensive care units reach their limits, reports the Health Service Journal.
The capital’s Royal Free has already decided to move its inpatient unit for children to another hospital to free up space for adult patients, both those with covid and those without.
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It comes as the latest NHS figures show 23,771 Britons are currently being treated for the virus in hospital, surpassing the first wave peak of 21,682 on April 12.
Coronavirus deaths also reached 981 yesterday, the highest daily figure since April.
Gareth Grier, director of the Institute for Prehospital Care, warned that the “impact of the surge in emergency services this time is very different” than in the spring due to “higher numbers.”
Urging hospitals to ensure adequate space for patients, he tweeted: “If covid patients stay in corridors, covid will spread like wildfire within the hospital.”
Grier added that as a result, doctors had been forced to “cross a red line” and treat patients abroad in ambulances and tents.
NIGHTINGALES ‘READY’
The Nightingale hospitals in England, which were previously empty, are now being “readied” for use if necessary as the number of Covid patients increases.
The London NHS has been asked to ensure that the Excel center site is “reactivated and ready to admit patients” as hospitals in the capital struggle.
Other Nightingale hospitals in England include Manchester, Bristol, Sunderland, Harrogate, Exeter, and Birmingham.
An NHS spokesperson said: ‘Anticipating increasing pressures from the spread of the new variant of infection, NHS London was asked to ensure that London Nightingale was reactivated and ready to admit patients as needed, and that process is underway. “
The surge in infections comes as three-quarters of England were plunged into severe level 4 restrictions last night to prevent the spread of the new variant from spiraling out of control.
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The British Medical Association (BMA) today welcomed the government’s decision, warning that the NHS “will fight to get patients who need urgent care, the care they need” if the trajectory of rising infections continues.
Council Chairman Dr Chaand Nagpaul said: “With daily cases rising to over 50,000 this week, putting the NHS under enormous pressure, the decision to bring millions more to further restrictions Strict nationwide is a necessary step. “
He added: “As we hear more reports from hospitals declaring major incidents, ICU beds reaching 100% capacity in some parts of the country, and patients needing to be transferred to other hospitals for care, it is vital that everything be done. do everything possible to bring down the spread of the virus. “
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