Quote Originally Posted by IanD View Post
Dad (91) was 10 hours on a trolley, later on a seat (having been taken into hospital with suspected stroke) before getting a bed late on a (normal) Friday night. Chances are someone will die in a corridor under those circumstances. And that's before CV really hits. NHS "well prepared"? On paper, maybe, but in reality the Demographic Time Bomb has already exploded.
Germany has 28,000 intensive care beds, of which 25,000 offer ventilators. Apparently, the UK has approx 4,500. I hope your dad is OK.