This is winter plus, plus, plus," says Dr Zuzan. In the side rooms, patients wait for a diagnosis that will determine whether they are cared for in a red zone (Covid) or green zone (non-Covid)."People are right to say that these are pressures that occur every winter, but this time it's just a lot worse. The intensive care unit has had to be split into Covid and non-Covid areas. Here it's just an apron, gloves and surgical mask. At least here there's no requirement for the staff to spend their shifts in full PPE, with tight-fitting masks that dig into their faces. He is speaking to me in a six-bed intensive care unit, reserved for non-Covid patients. If you want to know why England is going into lockdown, this hospital offers a glimpse.Ĭovid patient Harry King, who has double pneumonia, with wife DianeIf you want to know why England is going into lockdown, Liverpool's intensive care units may help give you the answer.They are struggling to cope."We are hanging by a thread," says Dr Oliver Zuzan, divisional medical director at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Covid: 'We are hanging by a thread' - hospital doctor
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