Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. At the Countess of Chester Hospital, chief executive Susan Gilby said millions of pounds had been spent preparing for the virus already. Video, Dramatic footage shows flood destruction in India. London may be particularly badly hit in the coming days and The Royal London hospital, a major trauma centre and one of the busiest hospitals in the capital, is planning on spending millions of pounds refurbishing two vacant floors to create additional intensive care spaces as part of wider plans to created hundreds of new intensive care beds at the Whitechapel hospital. But they will not just be left to go under. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? The child’s mother had been rushed to a London hospital days earlier with suspected pneumonia. “NHS staff have that sense of calling but we know that is going to be tested like it never has been tested before.”, Mr McNamara said staff had worked tirelessly but with a sense of calmness adding: “They have responded remarkably.”, He added the trust’s community teams and social care partners had played their part in helping free up hospital beds: “We have far fewer patients in hospital who didn’t to need to be there than we did 10 days ago. The UK government’s four stages of fighting coronavirus explained. After a decade of austerity, bed cuts, wage freezes and staff shortages, the health service is having to dig deep to marshal the resources it needs but reports from across the UK suggest that is exactly what is happening. From this week, the army will help to manage and offload supplies in busy NHS settings, helping to distribute and deliver urgent supplies to the frontline with 24-hour deliveries. The health secretary has described the fight against coronavirus as a “national effort” and this is no more evident then in the health service and the public response to the call to help. Luca Di Nicola, 19, from the town of Nereto in eastern Italy, died at the North Middlesex Hospital in north London on 24 March. .css-8h1dth-Link{font-family:ReithSans,Helvetica,Arial,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:700;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;color:#FFFFFF;}.css-8h1dth-Link:hover,.css-8h1dth-Link:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;}Read about our approach to external linking. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. It knows £7billion will not cut it if the crisis gets as bad as it could. Everyone is pulling together; it is a real team effort.”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said schools would not close yet despite almost 600 people catching the virus, with 20 positive cases in Northern Ireland. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? The government says there is no clinical evidence so far to indicate that the virus can be transmitted via breast milk. At the County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust on Friday nurses and staff worked to pack up their chemotherapy unit and move it to a community hospital all while treating patients. "Of course we are keeping this under review and this may change as the disease spreads. Video, Dramatic footage shows flood destruction in India, How to spot US election disinformation. A source said: “Staff in contact with both patients have been advised to self-isolate. .css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link{color:#3F3F42;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{font-weight:bolder;border-bottom:1px solid #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:focus{border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:2px;color:#B80000;}@supports (text-underline-offset:0.25em){.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{border-bottom:none;-webkit-text-decoration:underline #BABABA;text-decoration:underline #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;-webkit-text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-underline-offset:0.25em;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:focus{-webkit-text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:2px;text-decoration-thickness:2px;color:#B80000;}}According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, he developed a cough and a fever a week before dying but his condition was dismissed as a cold. But saving businesses and jobs is becoming alarmingly urgent. The mum was tested at North Middlesex Hospital but her positive result was known only after the birth. Official information from NHS about North Middlesex University Hospital including contact details, directions, opening hours and service/treatment details In its first three hours the helpline took 400 calls. Chief executive Kevin McNamara said the trust, which also provides community care, was offering 24-hour mental health support for staff and had cancelled car parking charges. The baby was tested for Covid-19 minutes after being born. The military is also planning to use east London’s Excel centre – used as a venue for the 2012 Olympics – as a potential makeshift hospital with NHS bosses discussing using the centre as a site for 500 initial patients, and potentially increasing to thousands. Plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients contains antibodies that may be helpful in treating those who are seriously ill with COVID-19. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. A spokesperson for North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust told The Independent: “Two patients at North Middlesex University Hospital have tested positive for coronavirus. The hospital is managed by North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. ", The PM admitted there would be “severe disruption”, but the Government was ready to adapt to keep people safe.". Middlesex Health encourages you to follow the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help limit the spread of the virus. 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