Hospitals are running out of three vital drugs which help the sickest coronavirus patients. One consultant with five days’ supply of a key sedative said: “It’s extremely worrying.” The UK death toll rose 917 to 9,875.
One victim was aged 11. Three experts told the Sunday Mirror of supply issues with a sedative given to those on ventilation.
One consultant said his hospital had just five days’ worth of propofol. He said alternatives were less efficient, so intensive care units would remain jammed – denying the next raft of patients lifesaving treatment.
Doctors said reserves of painkiller fentanyl and circulation-boosting drug noradrenaline – both key for patients on ventilators – are also drying up.
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