NHS boss' stark coronavirus warning over the virus which leaves young people 'breathless and gasping for life'
direct to your inboxAn NHS boss has painted a grim picture of the coronavirus situation in the capital as he warned about the disease that is capable of leaving even young people 'breathless and gasping for life'.Dr Vin Diwakar, NHS medical director in London, has said that patients may have to be sent elsewhere for other conditions as pressure on hospital beds from Covid-19 continues to increase.Speaking at a Downing Street briefing on Tuesday night, he said: "As the pressure from Covid-19 has increased, this has put pressure on the number of beds we have for other conditions.“That’s why yesterday we opened the Nightingale hospital and admitted our first patients.