Scotland Covid-19 hospital testing patient Scotland

Hospitals sent patients to care homes after positive virus tests

Reading now: 883
dailyrecord.co.uk

hospital patients to care homes after it was exposed nearly 40 were moved following a positive Covid test. Labour and Conservatives called for urgent statements in the Scottish Parliament in the latest revelations on patient transfers in the pivotal early days of the pandemic.

The government had confirmed 1431 untested patients were moved to care homes between March 1 and April 21 before testing was mandatory.

Around 300 were tested in that period with at least 37 testing positive for deadly Covid-19, an investigation by The Sunday Post found.

The Daily Record has previously revealed anger at the policy to rapidly move elderly patients to care. It was part of a rush to free hospital beds for a feared spike in admissions.

Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA