Critically-ill Covid-19 patients being sent to Bristol from Birmingham amid 'extreme' ICU pressure

A hospital in Bristol is taking critically ill coronavirus patients from as far away as Birmingham. Southmead Hospital is stepping in amid 'extreme' pressure on intensive care units (ICUs) elsewhere, BristolLive has reported. The hospital in north Bristol is taking about five coronavirus -positive patients from other regions each week. And that number is expected to rise, according to a hospital chief. North Bristol NHS Trust's chief operating officer, Karen Brown, said: 'We've had patients transferred to us from Kent and also Birmingham as well.'