CORONAVIRUS nurses have been forced “to hold their breath” as medics are using “kids’ school goggles” because of the lack of equipment, a top doctor has said. Dr Rines…
CORONAVIRUS nurses have been forced "to hold their breath" as medics are using "kids' school goggles" because of the lack of equipment, a top doctor has said.
Dr Parmar added that a survey conducted by his organisation has found that almost half of doctors say they have no eye protection at all. He added: "Nurses are doing some of these high risk procedures because they're unsure whether the masks they've been provided with is going to offer them adequate protection."Asked on whether the NHS would cope, he said: "We've gone into this pandemic in a position of relative weakness."
He said: "Given the severe lack of PPE getting through, we are all very concerned about potentially losing more colleagues.
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