Footage of Scots NHS staff shows reality of Covid fight with nurses in tears after patient deaths
Nurses and doctors wear masks in green areas and adorn additional PPE - a face shield, apron and gloves - when working in red wards with infectious patients.
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Exhausted NHS staff at a Scottish hospital have urged the public to stick with coronavirus measures as they struggle with the pandemic’s winter spike.
The PA news agency was given access to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, where departments are colour-coded to warn of the Covid-19 risk.
Nurses and doctors wear masks in green areas and adorn additional PPE – a face shield, apron and gloves – when working in red wards with infectious patients.
Staff go about their tasks with good humour, chatter and an easiness that belies the dangerous circumstances of their workplace, where catching coronavirus is an ever present risk.