‘Critical incident’ declared at hospital in latest NHS crisis as it cancels appointments and mandates face masks

PAMedical staff wearing FFP3 face masks walk along a corridor at King’s College Hospital, in south east London. Picture date: Tuesday December 21, 2021. PA Photo. Medical staff at the hospital, where 102 coronavirus patients are in general beds and 18 are in critical care, have said they are holding out hope they will avoid […][/caption]

A MAJOR hospital has reintroduced face masks and warned it may have to cancel appointments as it faces a “quad-demic” of winter illnesses.

The combination of Covid-19...