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Coronavirus Ayrshire: Patients dying in A&E for first time during pandemic, warns top doctor

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Ayrshire patients are dying in A&E for the first time during the pandemic, a top emergency doctor has revealed.Dr David Chung, 49, former vice-president of the Royal College for Emergency Medicine in Scotland, has told how he had to write less than half a dozen death certificates in one week.It comes as the number of patients admitted to hospital in Ayrshire soared from 95 to 217 between December 1 and January 17.The emergency consultant at Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock has revealed that patients are being rushed into emergency units with breathing difficulties before suffering a deadly blood clot in their lungs.Tragically, A&E is as far as they get with other wards struggling to meet the demand and hundreds of doctors and nurses off sick.

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