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Derriford Hospital keeps mountain bike-lover waiting in âexcruciatingâ pain
Dave has to sleep sitting up because of the constant pain he is in
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Coronavirus: Yeovil Hospital patients moved to Exeter Nightingale site to ease NHS pressure
The hospital is treating a significant number of patients
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Coronavirus round-up: Over 700 deaths recorded in Devon and Cornwall s hospitals
There are 37,899 people in hospital in the UK with coronavirus, including 4,076 on ventilators, according to Matt Hancock
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A hospital trust in Devon has shifted to the highest alert level after claiming it is being overwhelmed by an influx of Covid-19 patients and staff absences.
Bosses at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust activated OPEL yesterday, also known as a black alert . These are declared when a hospital is under such significant pressure it cannot deliver comprehensive care and patient care is at risk.
Its deputy chief executive Dr Adrian Harris said that whole wards had been forced to close because of coronavirus, which limited the number of beds they had available.
Bosses blamed high levels of Covid-19 and staff absences, which hospital officials claimed is more than double what would normally be expected at this time of year.