coronavirus patients that has declared itself at “full stretch” and raised its alert level. Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford is operating at flat out as it declared itself at CRITCON 3 alert - meaning wards are full and operating near enough at maximum capacity.The hospital has already been so inundated with patients that services have had to be suspended.Darent Valley’s home birth service was suspended on New Years Eve as ambulances were so busy tending to Covid-19 patients.Figures show that the hospital is one of the worst-affected areas of the country, The Sun reported.The Health Service Journal (HSJ) reported that 173% of critical care beds were in use — meaning the facility is well over capacity.Ten other hospitals in the southeast.
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