Nhs england and the body that regulates Healthcare Products are issuing new guidance on Pulse Oxygen metres also known as oximeters after it was found that the device 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. Shed 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 mhr
With reports of heavy fighting in Lashkar Gah in helmand province. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres gavin. Charlotte worthington recovered from a fall to win gold in the new bmx freestyle competition, confirming great Britains Dominance of the sport at these games. Declan brooks won bronze in the Mens Event, to add to the Gold And Silver Team Gb took on the track. Adam wild reports. The brits are in raptures, its a huge score british bmx has never reached such heights before. Shes smashed it Charlotte Worthington on top of the world. A new sport in the olympics and suddenly what everyone wants to see. Not so long ago Charlotte Worthington was working as a restaurant chef, now her moment to deliver. On herfirst run, not quite. Oh, no in this Sport Riders get two chances. Back in the saddle shed another go. I think shes going for it. Shes got it from then on worthington was simply flawless, near perfect performance. The scores when they came were stunning.
A survey by the Roadside Assistance Company rac has found seven in ten british motorists believe the Speed Limit should be lower in wet weather. Currently the Speed Limit is 70mph on motorways at all times. But with nearly 250 people killed on the countrys roads during bad weather, many feel there should be greater efforts to force motorists to slow down. Around 800 people every year are killed or seriously injured on the uks motorways and sadly that number has not been dropping in recent years, it has stayed stubbornly high. If you add in speed and wet weather, is extremely dangerous and a lot of people are being killed and seriously injured every year so perhaps it is time we looked at novel ways of trying to tackle it. At the rac we asked drivers on their thoughts on reducing Speed Limits. We have the infrastructure in the uk increasingly to support a move like this and perhaps it is time we looked at these measures to bring those Casualty Rates which are stubbornly high finally dow
OlympIcs Says shes100 certaIn the games wIll go ahead, despIte the growIng opposItIon from wIthIn the country. Plus If your sIngIngs more sorry than soprano, Weve got somethIng that mIghtjust be musIc to your ears. Hello, Im Laura Trevelyan In New York. James reynolds Is In london. Israel may fInally have a new government. After four electIons In two years, a recent war wIth hamas, and cIvIl unrest, now an unlIkely CoalItIon Of PolItIcal PartIes has agreed to form a coalItIon government. But prIme MInIster BenjamIn Netanyahu Is sIgnallIng that he wont go easIly,callIng on IsraelI lawmakers to oppose what he called thIs dangerous Left WIng government. The new coalItIon Is made up of Strange Bedfellows An AllIance of eIght polItIcal partIes, from one whIch opposes a PalestInIan State to the FIrst Independent Arab Party to joIn a governIng allIance. But untIl Israels ParlIament votes a new government Into offIce, BenjamIn Netanyahu Is PrIme MInIster. And hes not goIng down wIthout a fIght