Nick needs major brain surgery amid Covid patient backlog - BBC

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Five weeks ago, Nick had a seizure whilst driving that led to a car crash. Now, doctors need to remove a tumour from his brain.

In determining who to treat first, doctors are forced to take incredibly difficult decisions as they battle to save lives and fight for patients to have the treatment they desperately need.

As the third lockdown begins to lift in mid-April, emergency cases inevitably begin to rise. This puts pressure on bed and staff availability in the Critical Care Unit at University Hospital, Coventry. With two neurosurgery patients requiring urgent treatment, but with only one bed available, one patient faces a fourth cancellation of her treatment.

With the patient’s best interest always the priority and with the unit pushed to its limits, the surgeons are put under immense pressure to make the right call.

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