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Nurses struck down with coronavirus at Royal Alexandra Hospital hospital blame poor PPE

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coronavirus which concerned staff are blaming on ineffectual PPE.Nurses in Scotland, apart from those dealing with patients requiring aerosol- generating procedures such as ventilators, are only issued with surgical masks.They have been denied access to the higher grade FFP3 masks which properly protect the wearer.Now nurses at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley have voiced fears about their safety following the outbreak of the virus on ward 23 – an orthopaedic ward – and ward 27 – a general medical ward.The news comes as Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board confirmed “a number of deaths” from coronavirus among patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.Last week QEUH bosses confirmed there had been an outbreak in.

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