Breathtaking (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

- Does that feel secure?
- Yeah.
REPORTER: 'Have you got a
grip on the coronavirus?
'How worried are you?
'Will the measures be dramatic?'
So, what I'm gonna do is run
you through seven exercises.
MATT HANCOCK: 'Mr Speaker,
with your permission,
'I'd like to update
the house on COVID-19.'
I'll start with five pumps.
We're going to do
deep breathing now,
so that's with your tongue out.
HANCOCK: 'As of this
morning, 7,132 people
'have been tested
for the virus.'
Speak as clearly as possible.
Don't worry about
getting the words wrong.
"When the sunlight strikes
raindrops in the air,
"they act like a prism
and form a rainbow.
"The rainbow is a division
of white light"
HANCOCK: 'The public can be
assured that we have a clear plan
'to contain, delay,
research and mitigate,
'and that we are
working methodologically
'through each step to
keep the public safe.'
No, no, I can still taste it.
Yeah, that's a fail.
These FFP3s are
made for wider jaws.
So, lifesaving for
men, basically?
Yeah.
You might need a powered
respirator when the time comes.
OK.
But we've run out of those.
OK.
To be honest, I think they're
being reserved for the staff
who are, you know What
kind of doctor are you?
Acute general medicine. I'll
be in the Cold Zone, so
Yeah, so not you.
Staff in your areas won't
need that level of PPE,
but if you really want one,
you can get them on Amazon.
I mean, I wouldn't worry
about it, but if you want to.
- Amazon?
- Yeah.
They're about 300 quid, but
Great (!)
BORIS JOHNSON: 'We are increasing
our stocks of equipment.
'We are accelerating our
search for treatments,
'we're pioneering
work on a vaccine.'
TREVOR MCDONALD: 'How deadly
is it? How fast can it spread?
'And how prepared
are we in Britain?'
SIREN WAILS
Oh, you can't come
through this way, love.
I'm a consultant. I work here.
Oh, well, you'll want the
service entrance, then.
That's the new way in.
JOHNSON: 'And I know the
people of this country
'will rise to that challenge,
'and we will come through
it stronger than ever.
'We will beat the coronavirus
and we will beat it together.'
CHATTER
BANGING AND WHIRRING
Thank you.
- Morning, Abbey.
- Morning.
Hiya.
Hi, Abbey. You all right?
Yeah.
How are we looking?
So, 26 overnight,
12 in the corridor,
a couple in resus, eight
still waiting to be seen,
and two pre-alert ED
have told me about.
"Cold Zone." LOL (!)
Aye. Nice mitral stenosis
in three for Emma, though.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Can you come and help me, please?
- Yeah.
OK. What do you need, Emma?
I have a patient really
sick in the cupboard.
- I don't know what to do.
- OK.
Hello, sir.
I'm Dr Henderson, I'm
one of the consultants.
I'm just gonna pop you
a bit more upright.
HE GASPS FOR BREATH
OK, great. OK, what's the story?
Erm
He has ischemic heart
disease, a CABG in 2011,
erm but well since.
Walks every day with his wife.
Start with ABC, Emma.
You seem very
breathless, Mister
Williams.
Stats and obs? Where's
the monitoring?
I don't know. They just told me
to come and look at
him in the cupboard.
OK. Emergency buzzer and
call for help, please, Emma.
I'm just gonna have a little
listen to your breathing. Emma!
- Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah.
OK.
OK, we're going to take very
good care of you, Mr Williams.
I'll be right back.
I'm just gonna pop
this mask on for you.
It's gonna help your breathing.
OK, can you pop
your head forward?
Morning.
- Hi.
- Resus?
Yes, please.
81-year-old male,
no travel history,
flash pulmonary
oedema, CABG 2011.
Otherwise well, walking three
miles a day till last week.
We're gonna need suction, please,
then non-rebreathe, 15 litres.
Neil, could you do an ABG?
- Yeah.
- Frusemide, GTN?
If his BP can take it, yes,
please. Have you got this?
- Yeah. Go, go.
- The take's wild. Thank you.
Hey, Emma.
Could we please stop using
that bloody cupboard?
Complaints go up, not sideways.
Emma, have a doughnut.
Hey
Hey, you did really well, OK?
That shouldn't have happened.
- Yeah, but it always happens.
- Abbey?
Can we use you?
Yeah. What's up?
It's happening.
Just had a call from LAS.
Might be the first one.
Blue-lit from Heathrow,
flew in from China.
OK.
Could you tell Ant, please?
Yeah.
OK?
Yeah.
Failed my first
fit-test a week ago.
- Oh?
- Yeah. Thanks.
Failed my second one as well.
Oh, well done (!)
EXHALES SHARPLY
SIREN WAILS
Straight to this one, please.
OK, tell me about
the patient, please.
This is Tony. DOB 3/12/65,
picked up from Heathrow,
blue-lighted here.
- Get ready to move.
- Airway open, no airway assists in.
- Ready, steady, roll.
- Rest rep rate is high at 40 pm.
- Ready, steady, slide.
- Sats low throughout on oxygen.
Let's make some room.
He's completely obtunded.
ABG, please, and can
we get some monitoring?
Yeah.
Do we have access?
Just a pink. He's
completely shut down.
Not shifting much air.
OK, can we do an urgent
chest X-ray in here, please?
On their way.
Crep throughout. Neil,
do you have an airway?
Yeah, but I'm having to
help. Sats are in the 70s.
OK, he's tiring. We need
to get on and intubate.
Yeah, agreed.
Drugs from the fridge, please.
- Jo?
- Sats are 52.
- He's barely breathing now.
- Suction's there.
Are ITU on their way?
On their way.
OK, drugs going in,
bougie ready, please.
We're gonna need that ABG
as soon as we can, guys.
Gonna need suction.
Tube, please.
He's arresting
now. MONITOR BEEPS
Chantelle.
Abbey, you and the team
have got to let me know
if you're sending unstable
patients up to the wards.
I know, I'm sorry. I wanted
to give you a heads up,
but the take's been crazy.
Archie Williams. He should
really be in ITU, but no beds.
We just lost the
first one in resus.
Shit.
- He doesn't have it, does he?
- No, he's flash pulmonary edema.
Are the ITU outreach team
still gonna come and see him?
Yeah, I know it's not
ideal, but they're rammed.
The whole network is.
We just can't be taking
high-dependency patients
onto the general wards.
I mean, it's not safe.
I know, but he's
got to go somewhere.
FRENCH DOCTOR: 'All over
Lombardy, we are overwhelmed.
'Emergency full,
intensive care full,
'theatres, corridors.
'It arrived so fast,
we were not prepared.
'You must prepare and find
a way to double, triple,
'more than triple
the beds you have.
'All the ventilators you have,
'you will need more
than that number.'
By how much more, would you say?
How many more ventilated beds?
'Mine is a small
unit here, 15 beds,
'but we need we need 60-80 more,
'so you can do the sums.
'We're working 18-20 hours,
'our medical students are
manually ventilating patients.'
REPORTER: 'Prime Minister,
just two weeks ago in Italy,
'there were 153 cases of
coronavirus and just three deaths.
'Now, 16 million people
have been quarantined.
'A reflection, if you like,
'of the public health challenge
we are all facing globally.'
FRENCH DOCTOR: 'We are
rationing the ventilators.
'At the moment,
we have no choice.
'Over 65, no ventilators at all.
'Oxygen, too, we are
struggling with our supply.
'The thing is, it doesn't
matter how much you can plan,
'doesn't matter how much you are
reading the news or whatever,
'the virus is always
gonna be ahead.
'You can never be
prepared enough.
'I'm sorry, guys, but
that's the way it is.'
Thank you, Doctor.
REPORTER: 'There's been
a bit of confusing advice
'about things like
shaking hands.'
JOHNSON: 'Yes.'
'And I'm intrigued
to know whether
'you've developed a
personal policy yourself.'
'I'm shaking hands continuously, I
was at a hospital the other night
where I think there were actually
a few coronavirus patients,
and I shook hands with everybody,
you'll be pleased to know,
and I continued to shake hands.
MACHINES BEEP
Mr Ahmad.
I'm Doctor Vyas.
How are we doing?
MOROSELY: All right.
MR AHMAD COUGHS
Let's just lift you up slightly.
There we are.
CONTINUES COUGHING
Are you a smoker?
No.
Let's see.
Let's take this off.
COUGHS
You're not feeling breathless?
No.
Have you been exposed to
any chemicals at work?
I work in IT, mate.
Right.
I'm just gonna stick
this back on, yeah?
What's your high score?
556,000.
- What? You need to get out more.
- What's yours?
- About 10,000 something.
- Terrible.
I think we have a
hot case in bed one.
Everyone's been triaged
on the front door.
- I know, but I need the side room.
- I can't just give you
Clare, please, can you just
get that done for me, please?
- OK. Sure.
- Thanks.
Hiya. I need some masks,
please, some FFP3s.
Why?
Query positive in the Cold Zone.
- But
- Can I please just take some FFP3s?
I don't think it's allowed.
We've been told Hot Zone only.
OK, why?
We've just been told.
Well, I need an FFP3.
We've been told.
HE SCOFFS
Right. OK.
- Emma?
- Yeah.
Will you take one of these
and stick it on for me?
Yeah, sure.
Who's that?
Oh, that's Mrs Ahmad, his
wife. Is everything all right?
- Ant? Yeah?
- I'm not sure.
- Should I scrub up?
- Yes, please.
Hi, Mr Ahmad. We're just gonna
move you to a little side room.
One's just become available.
Sorry, can you make
some room there, please?
Would you mind just moving
to one side, please?
Can you get the door for me,
please, Clare, and then step away?
Just leave that there
for me, please, Emma.
Can I just get you to stay outside
for a sec, please, Mrs Ahmad?
- Why, what's going on?
- No, no, no, she's gonna stay.
Yeah, I'm fine here, thank you.
Have you been with him all day?
Yeah, of course.
Why? What's wrong,
Doctor? HE COUGHS
- What's going on?
- It's really weird.
He's just sat there
happily on his phone,
but his sats are in
the 60s on room air.
What's his chest X-ray like?
Virtual whiteout,
bilateral infiltrates,
a really odd-looking X-ray.
You said sats in the 60s?
Yeah, but ID won't let us
test him. No travel history.
And the Hot Zone won't take him.
"No travel history,
no coronavirus."
OK.
Everybody stay out.
Where you going?
Just stay out. I'll call you.
COUGHS
Look, I need a coronavirus
test for a 45-year-old patient.
I know he has no travel history
- Right.
but there is the highest
index of clinical suspicion
that this is an undiagnosed
coronavirus case.
Absolutely, but the guidance
says with no travel history,
we can't authorise testing.
I was just standing there watching
a patient playing on his phone
with his sats
sitting in his boots,
so the guidelines need to
go in the bin for a moment.
We have to follow guidelines.
We have no choice.
Huw, you know this thing is
spreading all over Italy.
This is national guidance, OK?
It's from Public Health England.
Talk to Mike and make sure
your patient's in a side room.
He's crashing, he's crashing.
- What's going on?
- I need help here, he's arresting.
Ant, Ant, stop! Stop!
Can we all glove and mask, all
of you, straight away, please?
Adult cardiac arrest.
I'm already exposed,
I'm getting started.
- Shouldn't we have FFP3s?
- Hot Zone only.
Jo can't come. There's
a query coronavirus.
Emma, no, please, please, step back.
Thank you. Mrs Ahmad, I need you
What's wrong with him?
Where's the defib?
Where's the crash trolley?
Is he gonna be OK?
Guys, stay out. We're
gonna wait for ITU. Thanks.
Abbey?
ITU on their way.
Abbey, back, please.
This is Yussuf Ahmad,
45-year-old, admitted
with mild breathlessness.
Febrile, bilateral
creps on examination.
Sats in the 60s on admission.
Total whiteout on chest film,
but sat up chatting on oxygen.
ITU DOCTOR: Laryngoscope
and a size 8 tube.
Pause.
Pause.
Laryngoscope.
Tube.
I'm in. Restart compressions.
Why are you guys in PPE?
Just a precaution.
No travel history.
We should all be in full PPE!
Becky, you can take over?
Five, four, three, two, one.
Look, I think
I was clerking him earlier
without a mask on, Abbey.
- I think you need to isolate.
- I didn't even put gloves on.
- Ant, Ant
- But he seemed fine.
- Go home.
- They said the Cold Zone was clear.
Listen to me. You've been
exposed. You need to go now.
- What about
- Please.
Just go. I'll call
you later, OK?
- Yeah.
- It's OK.
How is that feeling, huh? Good?
Better, Mr Williams?
New man.
Thank you, Divina.
You're welcome, Mr Williams.
HE COUGHS
Hi. Hi, hi.
'Hi. Yeah, yeah. You OK?'
Sorry I didn't get a
chance to call sooner.
'No, no, it's fine. It's
all good. It's all good.'
Everything OK?
'Yeah, yeah. Just wondering
what's going on, though.'
Er We're not sure yet.
Nothing's been confirmed, you
know, with testing or anything.
But, well, Robyn doesn't
really tolerate the nebuliser,
so if she would get coronavirus,
she'd end up going
straight into kids' ED
and I really wouldn't want
that to happen right now.
'But, I mean, she's been
'she's been pretty good
recently, you know?
KIDS YELL 'Guys, guys, please.
'I don't think there are
many cases yet, are there?'
I just I don't want
it getting to her.
Even if I've dodged it,
it's gonna be in
the schools now.
'You all right, though?
When do you finish?'
Not for a while.
'Here you are.'
Do I get a hello?
- 'Hello, Mum.'
- 'Hi.'
I'll call you when
I'm heading home.
- 'Sorry. Sorry. You're OK, though?'
- It's fine.
Yep, yeah. I better go, OK?
- 'Bye-bye.'
- Bye. Bye-bye.
PPE to the max in here.
I'm not saying he's got COVID,
but we're suspicious, OK?
We've swabbed him, so we'll see.
"No travel history,
no coronavirus."
Well, he's sick
enough for a test now.
Where are these
rules coming from?
If he has got the virus,
it's coming in through
the front door.
Anyone with a chest
history could have it.
Or just anyone.
BORIS JOHNSON: 'Fantastic
NHS, fantastic testing systems
'and fantastic surveillance.'
PASSENGER COUGHS
'We will make sure the NHS
gets all the support it needs
'to continue their brilliant
response to the virus so far.
'But at this stage,
'with the exception of all the
points that I have just mentioned,
'I want to stress
'that for the vast majority
of the people of this country,
'we should be going about
our business as usual.'
OK, folks, we now have
our first two patients
with suspected coronavirus
isolated in ITU.
Both travel history from China.
Both tested, but
results not back.
We've been told to double,
possibly triple our ITU footprint,
and anticipate suspending
all elective surgery
and redeploying staff.
We're contacting
dental colleagues.
We're bringing back clinic-based
SPRs and research SPRs,
and redeploying them
to Cold Zone wards.
We are following the Public
Health England guidance
and in daily contact
with NHS England.
Er Yeah. Questions?
Yes, Mike
There are actually three
suspected COVID cases, not two.
My team saw a case
in the Cold Zone
presenting with
no travel history.
He experienced a respiratory
arrest, and he is now in ITU.
So, what's your question, Abbey?
My concern is the Cold Zones, where
there's currently no PPE at all.
I'm worried this puts my
team, all the teams, at risk.
We're beginning to see patients
on the take presenting
I do hear you, but there really
aren't any serious concerns
about community transmission
coming through to us from PHE.
I'm voicing that concern, Mike.
MURMURED AGREEMEN
All right. OK.
OK, look, everyone, this
is the national guidance.
MAN: Based on what?
On containment.
The working assumption is that
the few cases here in
the UK are contained.
And for now, there's no
reason to assume otherwise.
OK. Thanks so much, everyone.
These will be daily briefings
from now on. I hope that's OK.
So, I will see you
all tomorrow morning.
All of us just packed in here
again, all together like this?
It's just temporary, until
things get back to normal.
I hope that's not a problem.
Mike.
Mike!
We're all packed in here with
no masks or social distancing.
I've already had
to send my reg home
because I think he
may have been exposed.
No, no, not if he's
Cold Zone only.
But I think we're getting
coronavirus cases in the Cold Zone.
Look, like I said, this has
come straight down to us from
From Public Health
England. I know.
I don't think they're
making it up on the spot.
But what if they're out of date
and it's already spreading?
Abbey, this is their lane.
We need to have faith in their
ability to assess the epidem
- The staff on my ward have no PPE!
- Because they don't need it.
In Cold Zones, they don't
need it. That's the guidance.
PHONE BUZZES I'm sorry.
I have to take this.
How's he doing?
His gas exchange is deteriorating
despite maximal ventilation.
PHONE BUZZES
Yes. Put her through, please.
That's his wife.
Dr Ozkul here.
Everything we're trying
just isn't enough.
I'm sorry to say, he's
not going to survive.
'No! Can I see him?'
I'm so very sorry, but we
cannot let visitors inside.
The risks at the
moment are just too
SHE SOBS
I am very, very sorry.
So, in summary, Mr Williams
is doing brilliantly
when you think about what
he was like when he came in.
You're doing so
well, Mr Williams.
Hopefully, hopefully,
home to Florence soon.
She'll be pleased. Thank you.
Thanks, Emma. I'm glad you're
feeling better, Mr Williams.
- Bye-bye.
- Where's Ant this morning?
I sent him home from
the take on Friday.
He did CPR on the patient
who went straight to ITU.
What, in the Cold Zone?
I was concerned about
the possibility
Is there anything
we should be doing?
It's just a precaution.
Right.
ANT COUGHS 'Hiya.'
How you feeling?
'Shite.'
Look, Ant
Mr Ahmad, the patient
you were exposed to, he
he didn't make it.
I'm sorry.
'Oh, right.'
The results of his
test still aren't back.
Don't ask me why.
Have you had yours?
'Nope, I am not unwell enough,
and no travel history.'
COUGHS
I'll get you one,
OK? Well, I'll try.
Here you go, Abbey.
'Forget it. I've got to go.'
Where have you got to be?
'I've got to call Mum.'
OK. You take care
of yourself, yeah?
'Bye.'
So, we'll try taking him
off the nasal canulae,
and then we'll see
how you get on. OK?
When did you get back?
Excuse me one second.
Guys, guys, guys,
what are you doing?
Anyone on here could
have it, they're saying,
Who's saying that?
Chantelle told me you had said it
had got in the Cold Zone, so
I'm not sure we can
start making our own kit.
We don't want to panic people.
Well, then, no-one's
looking out for us.
We don't know which of our patients
have got it and which haven't.
Be honest, Abbey, do
you think we're safe?
That's what we're being told.
That's the advice from
Public Health England.
But you would tell us
if you weren't sure, no?
That's the national
guidance, so
- Can you come take a look?
- Yeah.
Got three query
coronavirus in resus.
ITU's with one of them now,
the other two looking like
they're heading that way.
These are out of date.
Says 2016 underneath.
Seriously?
Sorry, not the FFP3s, Doctor.
There's been a downgrade.
Excuse me?
New guidance. You can
just use the basic stuff.
Apron, surgical masks.
What?
You need to be doing
aerosol-generating procedures
to get full PPE.
Well, I've touched this one
now. Shall I just use it?
Erm
This is insane.
Mike Prentice was just here.
I'm sure you can catch him.
Thank you.
MACHINES BEEP, CHATTER
HEAVY BREATHING
One of them is already dead.
He never got out of resus.
Another's on his way to ITU,
the third's about to be.
I am not going in there
again in a plastic pinny,
and neither is my team.
Yeah, the downgrade is
new national guidance.
It's a three-line whip.
Are you running out?
- Look, Jo, I know it may seem
- Who are you saving it for?
Please, just tr
Just trust the guidelines.
The downgrade means
restricted use of Level 3 PPE.
There's a perception on the
floor that there's a mismatch
between the new guidelines
and reality based on Italy.
But that's Italy. We're
not on the same curve.
Well, we're definitely behind
them, but we are on it.
There's only one curve.
OK, sure. So, what?
The Department of Health are saying
that you don't need Level 3 PPE.
And you think
I-I-I think the concerns around
the Lombardy experience are real.
I've just got off
the phone from DoH.
Why are DoH saying that
Level 3 PPE isn't required?
They're very clear about the
state of things in the UK, so
No, no. Sure.
I've got the Secretary of
State on speed dial here
if you want to take
it up the line.
ABBEY: and we'll
talk about next steps.
Could you grab me
a red form, please?
Erm Ros, could you pass
me Mr Bailey's notes, please?
I just want to check the next
of kin details. Thank you.
That's great, thanks.
Divina? DIVINA COUGHS
Divina, what's the matter?
Thirty-nine point one.
I can't stop coughing.
I'm going home.
- Let me get you a test.
The guidance has
been changed again.
Now no-one can get one unless
you're sick enough to be admitted.
SHE GASPS AND COUGHS
Divina
It's OK.
Could you grab me
that form, please?
Yes. Yeah.
Hey, Mummy's home!
- Mum, Mum!
- Mum, Mum!
Hey. No, remember, Mummy's
gonna have a shower.
No, but I want to
show you something.
I know, I'll be down in a
minute. Stay in the kitchen, OK?
I won't be long. Love you.
- Mum!
Five minutes, love.
BORIS JOHNSON: 'And it's clear
that coronavirus, COVID- 19,
'continues and will
continue to spread
'across the world and our
country over the next few months.
'We've done what can be done
to contain this disease,
'and this has bought
us valuable time.
'But it's now a global pandemic
'and the number of
cases will rise sharply.
'Indeed, the true number of cases
is higher, perhaps much higher
'than the number of cases we have
so far confirmed with tests.'
Let's get you into
bay 3, please.
'I must level with you, level
with the British public.
'More families,
many more families
'are going to lose loved
ones before their time.'
OK, let's move that
oxygen over, thank you.
Brakes on.
BREATHES HEAVILY
Relax as you are for a second.
Let's get that side down.
You're doing really well.
need to be seen first,
and there are three
ducks in resus already.
Thanks, mate, well done.
Right, everyone. It's
going to be a hard night,
but we have more FFP3s
from a building firm,
from some vets and dentists.
And school kids, amazingly,
have made some visors.
THEY CHUCKLE
Hannah's been on the
phone all afternoon.
- Here we go.
- Ah, here they come.
Cheers, guys.
Thanks, lads.
Oh-ho-ho!
This one has your name
all over it, Neil.
Very fancy.
And we have around two million
pizzas from the public.
So no moaning, even if they
do all have pineapple on them.
Just kidding, they don't.
So, heads down, stay safe.
Speak to me if it gets too much.
OK?
Sure.
Hey. Didn't think I'd
be seeing you tonight.
Med reg off sick, all the
locums off sick, so
Bad luck.
What's a "duck"?
A patient with COVID lungs,
COVID bloods, COVID plain film,
but no COVID test result back.
If it looks like a duck,
walks like a duck
Yeah, got it.
My F1s will help you out.
What about their PPE guidelines?
We only get Level 3 for resus.
It's obvious they're
just short of kit.
Yeah.
Are you OK in hot resus?
You know, Divina's
Yeah, yeah.
- Hello, Divina.
- Hi, Doctor.
Do you want to bring
me up to speed?
We've been tweaking the high
flow since this morning,
but she's on 100% now and
sats have dropped to 87.
Here's her gas from
20 minutes ago.
OK. Thanks.
Divina
I can see how
tired you are getting.
I think we should
take you to ITU, OK?
And if we have to
move to a ventilator,
I will do the intubation myself.
All right?
I promise you, we will
take the absolute
ALARM BLARES
What's that?
It's the low oxygen flow rate
alarm. Button on the wall, please.
Are we running out of oxygen?
I'll see you shortly,
Divina, all right?
WEAKLY: OK.
I'll call you as soon
as I've got a bed.
Let's go for a trial of
CPAP in the meantime.
Hi, guys, I might
need a bit of help,
even if it's just
for a few hours.
We're running out
of beds, vents
ALARM BLARES
Maybe even oxygen.
Look, I'm I'm not gonna
make it home this weekend.
Sorry, it's just
it's just exploded.
They they just keep coming.
Don't take the children anywhere
this weekend, it's not safe.
Home or the park,
but nowhere else, OK?
'OK, OK. Are you all right?'
Ambulance bay, please, Abbey.
Yeah.
I've got to go. I'll
call you in the morning.
- 'OK.'
- OK, bye.
What's going on? Guys,
why aren't you doing CPR?
- We've been told not to.
- Where's your PPE?
He arrested en route
20 minutes ago.
We're just in aprons.
We can't do CPR.
It's droplet-generating,
we just had to let him go.
You're gonna have to call
it in the back of the truck,
and we need to get
back out on the road.
Look, I'm really sorry
to do this to you,
but we need to get
back on the road.
Yeah.
8:32.
8:32 pm.
TEARFULLY: I'm sorry,
guys. I am so sorry.
'The country has a
perfectly adequate supply
'of personal protective
equipment, PPE, at the moment.'
There have been, I think,
some differential deliveries,
if you like, in some areas,
which has caused a degree
of concern recently.
That is completely resolved now.
'And in fact, what we've
done in the last 36 hours
'is set up an entirely
separate PPE'
- Sorry, trying to get past.
- Sorry.
- Through here, yeah?
- Yeah.
They just keep on coming.
It's madness.
I'm so sorry.
We tried everything
we could en route.
If you call the number I've
given you in the morning
Hi, Jo.
Obviously, staff sickness
is through the roof.
Because of the PPE situation.
We're also having questions
raised about oxygen delivery.
There's clearly extreme
pressure on beds.
So, Gold Command have decided
we need to declare
a critical incident.
Really? Took you long enough.
Hello, Divina.
Welcome to ITU.
It's nice to see you. We're gonna
take good care of you, all right?
We're just gonna
put a little tube.
It's gonna take a minute or two.
It's gonna be very quick,
OK? I'm gonna do it myself.
Nice and gentle.
We're right here
with you. All right?
Drugs are going in. You'll
start feeling it in a moment.
OK, just relax.
Nice.
That's it.
That's it.
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JEREMY CORBYN: 'The World Health
Organisation said test, test, test.'
CHRIS WHITTY: 'If the
NHS became overwhelmed,
'then people would die
from indirect deaths
'because they did not have the
ability to get medical care.'
CORBYN: 'The rest of the
world is providing staff
'with full protective gear,
and we are restricting it.'
What's your name?
JOHNSON: 'I do think,
looking at it all,
'that we can turn the tide
within the next 12 weeks,
'and I'm absolutely confident that
we can send coronavirus packing.'
I need some help here!
He's stopped breathing!
REPORTER: 'Do you not
think it is now right
'to move to a more substantial
lockdown of the capital,
'like they have in
Italy, in Spain?'
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