UK hospital crisis: Treatment for non-COVID-19 patients on hold
As UK hospitals get swamped with coronavirus cases, other chronically ill patients forced to wait for treatment.
10 Apr 2020
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As UK hospitals get swamped with coronavirus cases, other chronically ill patients forced to wait for treatment.
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