44C heat and fainting patients: Plea to avoid another 'inhumane' heatwave on NHS wards
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- The Independent·5h agoNHS nurses found maggots in wounds during the UK’s ‘suffocating’ heatwaves
Cases of death, fainting and dehydration were documented during a survey of 2,471 nurses for the Royal College of Nursing
Read at The Independent → - Sky News UK·13h ago44C heat and fainting patients: Plea to avoid another 'inhumane' heatwave on NHS wards
Patients died and others deteriorated in "suffocating atmospheres" because of the summer heat on NHS hospital wards, a survey has found.
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