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Dr Tom Best issued his SOS as he laid bare the devastating impact the pandemic was having on people treating the seriously sick. Admissions at King’s College Hospital in London have increased by 600 percent in three weeks, he said, and there are more than 750 in-patients with the virus. The crisis prompted Dr Best, who is the clinical director of critical care, to launch a Support Our Staff appeal for exhausted workers.