Covid: pressure on Bristol hospital causing 'challenging' period

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Pressure on Bristol hospital causing 'challenging' period

Dr Leilah Dare said a large number of factors were combining to make it a challenging time at the hospital

She said there had been an increase in Covid patients, along with those requiring regular treatments.Dr Dare works as an emergency medicine consultant and described the situation as "a perfect storm" with many factors contributing to the busy period.on Tuesday. "The heat does generate its own health issues and people are enjoying the post-lockdown phase so we're seeing a lot of minor injuries and illness as a result of that as well," she said.

Dr Dare added the rise in coronavirus case numbers was impacting on staff numbers again and making it a "particularly challenging" time.image caption

 

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