A senior doctor repeatedly broke down in tears as he described how the Covid crisis for NHS staff was like having to respond to a “terrorist attack every day”, with infected patients “raining from the sky”.
Prof Kevin Fong, a former clinical adviser in emergency preparedness, resilience and response at NHS England who was on shift during the 7/7 London bombings, said the scale of death in hospitals at the height of the pandemic was “shocking” and “truly astounding”.
