A top UK doctor has claimed NHS workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic have been "absolutely abandoned" and used as "cannon fodder" to fight the disease with almost no protection.
The chair of the country's Doctors' Association says front-line NHS staff dealing with the coronavirus outbreak are still not getting the protective equipment they need.
Dr Rinesh Parmar said doctors and nurses feel they are being treated as "cannon fodder", and appealed to Boris Johnson to ensure they are properly protected.
He told BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show: "We have had doctors tell us they feel like lambs to the slaughter, that they feel like cannon fodder.
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