.G739. DCH DORCHESTER, DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL NEW FILE PICS. .PIC BY GEOFF MOORE. 250105.. THE number of patients receiving treatment for coronavirus at Dorset County Hospital has sharply fallen within a week as people recover and are sent home. Professor Alastair Hutchison, chief medical officer at the hospital, confirmed that as of Wednesday, March 3, Dorset County Hospital staff were treating eight patients with Covid-19, including one person in intensive care. The week before, Wednesday, February 24, there were 25 patients with Covid-19 at the Dorchester hospital. He commented last week that the numbers of coronavirus patients had ‘plateaued’ and suggested this may be down to patients taking a long time to recover from the virus and be subsequently discharged.
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