NHS frontline coronavirus medics forced to ‘cut up plastic curtains to make protective gown’ due to PPE shortage
EXHAUSTED NHS medics were forced to cut up hospital curtains to make makeshift gowns due to a lack of protective clothing.said more than 742 million pieces of Personal Protective Clothing have been delivered but NHS medics still say they are lacking the crucial equipment they need to keep safe.Credit: TwitterDisturbing reports from frontline medics tell of hospital staff having to raid cupboards to re-use old theatre scrubs.
One anonymous doctor at King's College Hospital in South London told the Mirror they were cutting staff levels on the ICU ward as "there simply aren't enough PPE" to protet staff tackling the"All staff are worried about the lack of basic kit," said the source. "There are not enough gowns and colleagues in similar hospitals across the capital say the same.
"We are using around 2,000 single-use PPE gowns a day. If they run out we will have no choice but to re-use old theatre gowns, which can be washed, but the turnaround is a day or two." Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it required a "Herculean logisitical effort" to distribute masks, gloves, aprons and hand sanitiser to frontline workers.
He announced at yesterday's Downing Street conference that over the next week hospitals will receive daily deliveries, up from once every 72 hours.This includes 161 million masks, 127 million aprons, one million gown and 345 million pairs of gloves.Don't miss the latest news and figures - and essential advice for you and your family.
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