11-20-2020, 06:58 PM
If it doesn't already start to sink in here's the head of University Hospitals Birmingham:
The chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), Dr David Rosser, told a briefing this afternoon there were currently 452 Covid positive patients across three of its hospitals.
He said November’s admissions were on course to be double that of both March and April.
Dr Rosser also said he was struggling to understand why the trust was likely to be again the hardest-hit in the country in terms of admissions during this second wave.
Currently UHB is keeping one of its four hospitals, Solihull, as a "Covid free" treatment centre, but Dr Rosser said the trust was "close" to having to use that site for emergency Covid patients as well.
He said at the moment using Solihull would be preferable to using Birmingham's NHS Nightingale hospital because of issues with staffing what would be a fifth site for them.
The chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), Dr David Rosser, told a briefing this afternoon there were currently 452 Covid positive patients across three of its hospitals.
He said November’s admissions were on course to be double that of both March and April.
Dr Rosser also said he was struggling to understand why the trust was likely to be again the hardest-hit in the country in terms of admissions during this second wave.
Currently UHB is keeping one of its four hospitals, Solihull, as a "Covid free" treatment centre, but Dr Rosser said the trust was "close" to having to use that site for emergency Covid patients as well.
He said at the moment using Solihull would be preferable to using Birmingham's NHS Nightingale hospital because of issues with staffing what would be a fifth site for them.