England’s National Health Service is accustomed to tough winters — and caring for people on overcrowded wards sometimes means moving patients into the corridor.
But this is different. Now some are lucky just to get medical help as they wait in an ambulance in the parking lot.Pressure on the nation’s hospitals forced the hand of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who plunged the country into its third national lockdown and ordered everyone to stay at home as much as possible for at least the next six weeks.
The situation is worsening, said Siva Anandaciva, chief analyst of the King’s Fund think-tank.“It’s not hyperbole to say that the (National Health Service) is going through probably the toughest time in living memory,” he told The Associated.