`The British Health Service would never set aside intensive care beds just to monitor sick people, even for the Prime Minister. He would not have to go into intensive care if it wasn’t necessary at the moment`
Other medical experts also believe that the fact that a patient infected with nCoV like British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) is not a normal sign, but shows that they need intensive support to recover.
On the evening of April 6, when transferred to the ICU, the British Prime Minister initially did not need a ventilator, he was given oxygen to monitor other signs.
Oxygen or a ventilator are just two of the life support options in intensive care, and importantly, transferring patients to the ICU is not a cure for Covid-19.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a press conference in London on March 16.
In serious cases, nCoV will attack the lungs and cause pneumonia. The disease can progress very quickly, surprising both patients and doctors.
`It’s hard to know, because with the Prime Minister, people will be very attentive, they will be very cautious,` said Dr. Bharat Pankhania, senior clinical lecturer at the University of Exeter Medical School.
Professor of medicine Paul Hunter at the University of East Anglia once cited data published by the National Center for Research and Audit in Intensive Care showing that intensive care for Covid-19 patients is less effective than
`Sadly, half of the cases (50.1%) transferred to the ICU due to Covid-19 still die. This number is much higher than other viral pneumonias (22.4%). At
Studies show that this rate increases to 54% for patients around the same age as the British Prime Minister, who is 55 years old this year.
Tom Solomon, director of the Institute of Infection and Global Health at the University of Liverpool, said some patients are transferred to the ICU simply for more intensive monitoring of vital functions.
Mr. Solomon added that most patients with Covid-19 transferred to the ICU have difficulty breathing, as a direct result of the viral infection and the body’s immune system trying to fight nCoV.
Derek Hill, a professor of medicine at University College London (UCL), said that the Prime Minister was taken to hospital after having difficulty breathing and would need a ventilator if his condition worsened.
The British Prime Minister is infected with nCoV
Prime Minister Johnson announced that he was infected with nCoV on Twitter on March 27.
One of the studies on Covid-19 in different countries shows that men seem to be more seriously ill than women, especially in the over 40 year old group.
Female professor Linda Bauld at the University of Edinburgh said that the fact that the British Prime Minister had to be transferred to the intensive care room is very noteworthy, showing that nCoV `does not spare anyone`.
Bauld said that the British government should consider continuing parliamentary activities and in-person meetings, while the rest of the country has been advised to close.
Mai Lam (According to Telegraph, Mirror)
