Six large NHS Trusts across London were impacted including hospitals such as Guy's and St Thomas', Great Ormond Street and King's College Hospital. Hundreds of operations have already been cancelled.
A GP hit by a cyber attack on the NHS in London has told Sky News he is worried patients will suffer long and short-term harm. The health service has launched an urgent appeal for O blood-type donors following last Monday's ransomware attack that has affected some of the largest hospitals in the capital. Six large NHS Trusts were impacted including hospitals such as Guy's and St Thomas', Great Ormond Street and King's College Hospital.
'So yes, we've had to kind of alter the way that we work. We've had to supervise our staff here and decide what tests we can do and what we can't do, and that is changing on a daily basis.' Read more on the NHS:Number of endometriosis patients waiting for treatment soarsWould you want to know if you're likely to get cancer or dementia? Qilin, a Russian group of cyber criminals, are understood to have been behind the attack.
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