Army supporting NHS Lothian during the coronavirus crisis
dailyrecord.co.ukThe latest NHS Lothian board papers reveal that liaison officers from the Royal Marines and British Army are supporting the health board during the coronavirus crisis.The papers also showed that NHS Lothian’s “total capacity will be under significant strain throughout April and probably beyond,” and that patients requiring urgent cardiac surgery are now being transferred to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank.As of Monday March 30 there were 208 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lothian, 69 patients with confirmed diagnoses in acute ward beds, 50 patients with a possible diagnosis in acute ward beds, 27 patients in intensive care beds with a confirmed diagnosis and nine patients in intensive care beds with a possible diagnosis.Ji
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