Life-saving transplants delayed as coronavirus patients fill beds
3 years, 11 months ago

Life-saving transplants delayed as coronavirus patients fill beds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Patients are missing out on potentially life-saving organ transplant surgery because hospital intensive care beds are filled by coronavirus patients, The Independent has learnt. Major organ transplant centres in London, as well as the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, have been forced to close their doors to transplant cases because of a lack of beds, the increased risk to patients, and the need to redeploy doctors and nurses to the coronavirus front line. The impact on organ transplant services follows hundreds of urgent cancer operations being delayed in London and across the country, as NHS trusts run out of spare beds to treat non-Covid patients. The Royal Free Hospital in north London is closed for kidney, liver and pancreatic cell transplants; this includes being closed for “super urgent” liver patients.

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Hospitals catch up on coronavirus organ transplant backlog
3 years, 3 months ago

Hospitals catch up on coronavirus organ transplant backlog

NL Times  

The number of organ transplants fell enormously in some countries during the coronavirus crisis, but in the Netherlands, they were able to continue for the most part, according to the Dutch Transplant Foundation. At the same time, the number of organ transplants from deceased donors has increased by 10 percent compared to the same period in 2020. “There is talk …

Covid-19: Double-lung transplants rise after corona ‘Honeycombs’ organs
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Double-lung transplants rise after corona ‘Honeycombs’ organs

Live Mint  

John Micklus’s battle with Covid-19 began last Christmas and ended five weeks later with lungs so irreversibly damaged that doctors said there was nothing they could do to save him. Hospitals across the US have reported a rise in lung transplants for severe coronavirus cases, the Cleveland Clinic, one of the country’s top-ranked medical centers, said last week. ‘Honeycomb change’ …

Kidney transplant postponed due to lack of IC beds
3 years, 9 months ago

Kidney transplant postponed due to lack of IC beds

NL Times  

A kidney transplant for a patient of the Leiden hospital LUMC has been postponed because there was no place in the intensive care unit of the hospital due to the high number of Covid-19 patients. According to the LUMC, the transplant had to be postponed due to a lack of IC beds due to the care for patients with coronavirus. …

Organ donations fall in Australia during coronavirus pandemic
3 years, 11 months ago

Organ donations fall in Australia during coronavirus pandemic

ABC  

Restrictions on surgery and state border closures due to the coronavirus pandemic contributed to a 12 per cent decline in organ donations in 2020. Key points: There were 12 per cent fewer transplants in 2020 compared to the year before Kidney donations fell by more than 17 per cent Advocates urge people to discuss organ donation with family According to …

Fewer organ transplants due to Covid
3 years, 11 months ago

Fewer organ transplants due to Covid

NL Times  

The number of organ transplants performed in the Netherlands decreased in 2020, according to figures from the Dutch Transplant Foundation. Organ donation from deceased patients decreased by 4 percent, while live organ transplants decreased by a quarter. Also, for the patient that receives the transplant we were not sure initially of the effect the coronavirus could have on a patient …

January 5, 2021 coronavirus news
4 years ago

January 5, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

Overflowing hospital morgues, increased 911 wait times, beds only opening when patients die. The surge of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations is pushing hospitals in Los Angeles County to the “brink of catastrophe,” a top health official there said. “Hospitals are declaring internal disasters and having to open church gyms to serve as hospital units,” Supervisor Hilda Solis said, calling …

Crucial operations under threat as coronavirus spreads through hospitals
4 years ago

Crucial operations under threat as coronavirus spreads through hospitals

Dutch News  

Hospitals in the Netherlands could have to postpone crucial operations such as cancer surgery and kidney transplantations if the number of Covid-19 patients continues to rise, the healthcare authority NZa has warned. A spokesman told the Telegraaf that ‘critical scheduled operations’ that normally have to be carried out within six weeks were under threat because of a shortage of beds …

Crucial operations under threat as coronavirus spreads through hospitals
4 years ago

Crucial operations under threat as coronavirus spreads through hospitals

Dutch News  

Hospitals in the Netherlands could have to postpone crucial operations such as cancer surgery and kidney transplantations if the number of Covid-19 patients continues to rise, the healthcare authority NZa has warned. A spokesman told the Telegraaf that ‘critical scheduled operations’ that normally have to be carried out within six weeks were under threat because of a shortage of beds …

Coronavirus patients in English hospitals near April peak as NHS leaders fear threat from new variant
4 years ago

Coronavirus patients in English hospitals near April peak as NHS leaders fear threat from new variant

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number of coronavirus patients in English hospitals is set to …

Amid virus surge, Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope
4 years, 1 month ago

Amid virus surge, Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope

Associated Press  

PARIS — Dry-coughing as he pedals — a hack, hack, hack after-effect of his own personal battle with COVID-19 — the doctor cycles through the dark of pre-dawn Paris, speeding to a crisis meeting at his hospital where, way back in February, the disease carried away the first of what has now become more than a quarter-million dead in Europe. …

Coronavirus: ‘Dramatic’ surge in patients forces hospital to cancel more operations
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘Dramatic’ surge in patients forces hospital to cancel more operations

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy All patients waiting for routine operations at a major teaching hospital …

COVID-19 lockdown affects organ donations and transplants in Telangana
4 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 lockdown affects organ donations and transplants in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The waiting list for organs like kidneys, livers, corneas and heart valves has lengthened to more than six months after the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Doctors are facing a challenge wherein brain dead patients are acquiring infections in the inte-nsive care unit. Madhusudhan, head of the department of surgical gastroenterology and liver specialist at Osmania General Hospital, stated “The …

Coronavirus leads to delay in 'opt out' organ donation programme
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus leads to delay in 'opt out' organ donation programme

Dutch News  

Minister for medical care Martin van Rijn has decided to postpone the preparation for a new organ donation law because it is not appropriate at this time to ask people to think about making the decision to donate their organs or not. The new law will still take effect on July 1, the minister said but the letter which will …

Organ transplants down 60% due to coronavirus restrictions
4 years, 8 months ago

Organ transplants down 60% due to coronavirus restrictions

Dutch News  

The number of donor organ transplants in the Netherlands has fallen by over 60% since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, putting patients’ lives at risk. The number of transplants since the introduction of the corona measures has gone down from 130 to 30 compared to the same period last year, figures published on Wednesday by the Dutch association for …

Organ transplants down 60% due to coronavirus restrictions
4 years, 8 months ago

Organ transplants down 60% due to coronavirus restrictions

Dutch News  

The number of donor organ transplants in the Netherlands has fallen by over 60% since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, putting patients’ lives at risk. The number of transplants since the introduction of the corona measures has gone down from 130 to 30 compared to the same period last year, figures published on Wednesday by the Dutch association for …

Coronavirus: Birmingham NEC ‘stands ready and equipped’ to become next temporary UK hospital
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Birmingham NEC ‘stands ready and equipped’ to become next temporary UK hospital

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bosses at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre have said the venue …

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