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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rebecca Thomas and Ella Pickover

‘Scenes from hell’: Hospitals ran out of body bags and were close to collapse in pandemic, Covid inquiry told

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Politicians chose not to equip the UK with enough intensive care units before the pandemic, the government’s chief medical officer has said, as a senior NHS doctor described scenes “from hell” on hospital wards.

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