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Week 6 on the covid wards

As we reach the peak of the pandemic, medical teams in Bradford are treating a couple who have been together since they were 13; now they're in their 60s and both have Covid-19.

Dr John Wright has been recording on the wards for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 – starting on March 16th, the day the Prime Minister gave his first televised address about the danger of Covid-19. This is week six of his diaries, recorded as the number of cases continues to increase and the pressures on the frontline team intensify.

These recordings with frontline NHS staff at all levels, take you behind the scenes on the wards as they plan for what is to come and then cope as the patients arrive. They let us share in the pressures, personal and professional, and in the decisions being made in the face of this unprecedented threat.

Professor John Wright is helping Bradford Royal Infirmary to get ready for Covid-19. He’s looked after patients all over the world – cholera and HIV in Southern Africa, Ebola in Sierra Leone. He thinks it’s important we should all know what we are facing.

Presented by Winifred Robinson
Produced by Sue Mitchell
Sound Production by Richard Hannaford

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38 minutes

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Mon 4 May 2020 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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The Coronavirus Doctor's Diary

The Coronavirus Doctor's Diary

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