Hospitals running out of oxygen and could house Covid patients in tents, medics warn
Patient admissions expected to rise further after UK sees record number of coronavirus cases for second day running
NHS hospitals are running out of oxygen, medics claimed on Tuesday as they began planning to set up makeshift tents to try and cope with an influx of coronavirus patients.
Areas hit hardest by the second wave of the virus began cancelling cancer treatments as well as elective surgery amid fears that seriously ill patients were again avoiding Accident and Emergency departments.
Patients were having to be moved more than 65 miles to the nearest hospital with intensive care capacity, medics warned.