Covid-19 crisis 'will go down in history as a defining time for NHS' says Plymouth hospital boss
The chief executive of Plymouth's Derriford Hospital says the Covid-19 crisis 'will go down in history' as a defining time for the NHS.
Ann James has thanked staff and patients and says everybody at the hospital is 'working around the clock' for what she believes will be an extremely busy period.
She says the hospital is quiet at the moment, but a new intensive care ward has been set up in anticipation of a spike in coronavirus admissions.
On Thursday it was confirmed that another patient who tested positive for Covid-19 died at Derriford Hospital.