Regulates Healthcare Products are issuing new guidance on Pulse Oxygen meters, also known as oximeters, after it was found that the devices can overestimate Oxygen Levels in people with darker skin. With more, heres our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. Ranjit Senghera Marwaha caught Coronavirus In December last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low Oxygen Levels. So basically, flip the lid, put yourfinger in. She had been monitoring her levels at home with a pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels, even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. When i went into hospital, the first thing they said was, you really did leave it too late. Had you left it any longer, i would have been straight into icu. There is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate Oxygen Levels in people with darker skin tones by 2 . Thats led to Nhs England and the body that regulates the use of medical devices, the mhra, issuing new advice.
Nhs england and the body that regulates Healthcare Products are issuing new guidance on Pulse Oxygen meters also known as 0ximeters after it was found that the devices can overestimate Oxygen Levels in people with darker skin. With more heres our health correspondent, amara sophia elahi. This women Caught Coronavirus In December last year and eventually ended up in hospital with seriously low Oxygen Levels. So, basically, you flip the lid, put yourfinger in. She had been monitoring her levels at home with the pulse oximeter, but the meter consistently told her she was in safe levels. Even as she increasingly struggled to breathe. When i went into hospital, the first thing they said was you really did leave it too late. Had you left it any longer, iwould have been straight into icu. There is growing evidence that such monitors can overestimate Oxygen Levels in people with darker skin tones by 2 . That has led to Nhs England and the body that regulates the use of medical devices, the mhr
protecting the peace, preserving the belfast good friday agreement is a priority. it s regarded as the day that helped and decades of violence here during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. reactions to it being signed were largely positive. for the generation to come, it will be fantastic, one of the greatest things in our history, anyway. some were not convinced. i don t think we will ever see peace. it ll take something different. i have come to dromore, a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. it s also where i grew up and went to school. i was born in 1998, the year the good friday agreement was signed here in northern ireland. it means i grew up after the troubles ended and didn t have to worry as much as maybe my parents did, for example, about getting caught up in the conflict happening here. me and others like me born after it was signed are known as peace babies and i m keen to find out where they think northern irela
hello, i m luxmy gopal. welcome to the programme. a power struggle between sudan s army and a notorious paramilitary force has rocked the country with at least 56 dead and almost 600 injured. among the dead were three un workers who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base. gunfire. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting amid fears it will derail the transition to civilian rule. both the army and its opponents, the rapid support forces, claimed they had control of the airport and other key sites in khartoum, where fighting continued overnight. the foreign ministers of saudi arabia, the uae and the united states who ve been backing the civilian transition process have issued a joint statement calling for a halt to military escalation and a return to the framework agreement. violence was reported around the country with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base belonging
Live from london, this is bbc news. the headlines gunfire. the un secretary general calls for an immediate ceasefire in sudan after at least 56 people were killed in clashes between rival military factions. china reduces its self imposed no fly zone to the north of taiwan, shutting down its airspace for 27 minutes as taiwan launches a rocket after days of military drills in the region. a sacred, ancient symbol of scotland s monarchy known as the stone of destiny will make the journey from edinburgh castle to westminster abbey for the king s coronation.