IT felt like a war zone during the pandemic as doctors and nurses battled to save the sick and dying being rushed in for treatment in what was once a Covid hotspot. Hospitals around the country are…
In line with NHS expected standards, the vast majority of patients — 80.6 per cent — are seen within 18 weeks.
Croydon was able to return to normal by the main building, on a 19-acre site in Thornton Heath, being split in two. “I used to start my theatre list and there are no beds. I would go downstairs, do a ward run of my patients and find two that I could persuade to go home so I could start my theatre list upstairs.
“Colleagues moved out of home because they had vulnerable relatives and stayed in a hotel across the road for three months. “So we decided to put in a new door and create a separate hospital on the second floor, with strict protocols about testing. Clinical lead practitioner Jijeesh Marotikunnath added: “The hospital felt like a war zone during the pandemic. Death became common and people were panicking.”
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