Published:
2:05 PM April 26, 2021
The proning team working together to ‘prone’ a patient – lie them on their front to improve their breathing.
- Credit: Karen Chui
An orthopaedic registrar and amateur photographer has documented the intensive care unit (ITU) wards as Covid-19 rippled through every area of King George and Queen s hospitals, which were two of the worst hit in the country during the second wave.
Karen Chui, an orthopaedic registrar at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust (BHRUT) wanted to unveil the reality of the ITU as the second wave took hold in late December, with cases spiralling out of control across the Christmas period.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
A critical care nurse places a cardiac monitor on a patient. Photo: Karen Chui A doctor and amateur photographer has shared intimate and illuminating images taken on the coronavirus front lines. Karen Chui, an orthopaedic registrar at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, joined her intensive care unit colleagues to document the frontline during the second wave of the pandemic. “When Covid admissions rose dramatically in December, the severity of the situation in critical care units across the country was understood by all NHS workers,” Karen explained.