NHS hospitals have been hit by a UK-wide shortage of a life-saving drug used to keep alive patients who are at risk of dying because they cannot breathe without medical intervention.
Doctors have been told to ration their use of the liquid form of salbutamol, which plays a vital role in treating people suffering from severe asthma attacks or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which usually involves emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
