NHS England’s London Medical Director Dr. Vin Diwakar has warned senior doctors that the UK capital could run out of hospital beds within two weeks under even the best case Covid-19 scenario, according to media reports.
In an official briefing delivered via Zoom to medical directors of London’s NHS trusts, Diwakar reportedly laid out how, even if hospital admissions continue to increase at the lowest expected rate and the government increases capacity by opening the region’s emergency Nightingale hospital, NHS London will still fall short of around 2,000 beds in 12 days.
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