Warnings over shortages of Intensive care beds 50 hospitals run out of critical care beds amid fears of a winter crisis. Hospitals across swathes of the country are running out of intensive care beds in a crisis which has meant hundreds of the most urgent operations being cancelled, new figures show. On one day last week 50 hospitals ran out of critical care beds, forcing desperately sick patients to travel hundreds of miles, while others who needed life and limb-saving procedures had to endure risky delays. The official figures show that on an average day this winter, 30 hospitals have run out of beds on intensive care and high dependency units. As a result, more than 440 urgent operations - those deemed necessary to save life, limb or a major organ - have been cancelled in the last two months. telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10597995/Warnings-over-shortages-of-Intensive-care-beds.html
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:58:26 +0000
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