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The Nightingale hospital in Manchester is open and ready to admit patients from across the north west of England. But, in a surprising twist, it is only admitting patients who do not have covid-19.
The facility, based at the Manchester Central Convention Complex (formerly known as G-MEX), is the first of the Nightingale hospitals to reopen to help take pressure off local hospitals. Sunderland and Harrogate are expected to be next, and all the others are on standby.
A spokesperson for the NHS in the north west confirmed that the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West was open, expecting its first patients imminently, and would “provide care for those who do not have covid-19 but do need further support before they are able to go home, such as therapy and social care assessments.”
The facility has 750 beds, but unlike the first Nightingale hospital, which opened in London, it was never designed to take patients with covid-19 requiring critical care. During the first wave, all patients in the north west who needed to be on a ventilator were treated in existing hospitals. Although Manchester admitted the most patients with covid-19 of all the Nightingales, at around 100, it did not offer respiratory support beyond continuous positive airway pressure.
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The facility, based at the Manchester Central Convention Complex (formerly known as G-MEX), is the first of the Nightingale hospitals to reopen to help take pressure off local hospitals. Sunderland and Harrogate are expected to be next, and all the others are on standby.
A spokesperson for the NHS in the north west confirmed that the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West was open, expecting its first patients imminently, and would “provide care for those who do not have covid-19 but do need further support before they are able to go home, such as therapy and social care assessments.”
The facility has 750 beds, but unlike the first Nightingale hospital, which opened in London, it was never designed to take patients with covid-19 requiring critical care. During the first wave, all patients in the north west who needed to be on a ventilator were treated in existing hospitals. Although Manchester admitted the most patients with covid-19 of all the Nightingales, at around 100, it did not offer respiratory support beyond continuous positive airway pressure.
Manchester’s Nightingale hospital reopens to non-covid patients
The Nightingale hospital in Manchester is open and ready to admit patients from across the north west of England. But, in a surprising twist, it is only admitting patients who do not have covid-19. The facility, based at the Manchester Central Convention Complex (formerly known as G-MEX), is...
