“I don’t remember you.”These are not long-lost relatives meeting for the first time. “I don’t remember an awful lot about ICU,” Gray tells Jain. In England, almost a third of Covid patients admitted to hospital during the early months of the pandemic died of the disease. Over the past few weeks, I have travelled the UK, reuniting for the first time four former ICU patients with the staff who saved them. “We’ve got more Covid patients in hospitals again, and we’re having to extend our wards to make sure everyone is kept safe,” says Snook.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2021 06:56 UTC