Frontline staff at Northwick Hospital in Harrow, North London, claim they had to use emergency Protective Personal Equipment (PPE). It is because they lack gloves, aprons, and footwear. Even three NHS nurses forced to wear bin bags for protective clothing. Whereas they need to treated Covid-19 patients. Sadly, the three nurses are positive for the disease after being tested. To congratulate for their work, UK citizens show grateful to the entire NHS by applauding from their balconies.
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Three nurses tested positive for Covid after using unofficial PPE
Staff says they are at high risk of contracting the disease from sick patients because bosses have failed to provide them the proper PPE. Some shocking photos of the exhausted nurses wearing yellow-colored waste bags circulated on social media in March. The caption read: “We are so disheartened with what we face day by day, night by night,”. “Improvising PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment) to at least try to protect us from our infectious patients, buying our own wellington boots that are said to be reimbursed.
We have to stay brave for our colleagues who are off sick, families and our patients. It just made us cry inside but we show brave and smiling faces to everyone.” Allegedly, the staff at hospitals have been warned not to speak about shortages of PPE. Northwick Hospital, which is part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, was the first major UK hospital to declare a “critical incident” after a surge Covid-19 patients left them with a lack of clinical care beds.
A spokesman for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust told that they can confirm that a number of staff members working in our Covid-19 positive areas have tested positive for the Covid-19. This is unfortunate but not unexpected, as it corresponds with the experience of healthcare workers across the world. A spokesman also adds “We are providing full support to those of our staff members who become unwell, and wish them a swift recovery.”