We Are Nearly At Capacity And Our Teams Are Tired...We Can't Afford For It To Get Worse

Embattled hospital staff urge people to get 3rd vaccine as soon as possible

- Daniel Harkins

DOCTORS and nurses have spoken about the heartbreak of seeing patients die with Covid-19 as they urged the public to get a booster jab before Hogmanay.

Clinicians at Scotland's biggest health board stressed that hospitals were already nearing capacity and that staff were tired from relentless pressure.

And NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) frontline workers warned people not to become complacent due to reports that Omicron causes less severe illness than other variants.

Dr Claire Harrow, chief of medicine for, Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and the Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria, said: I've been on Covid wards since March 2020 and seeing people die from Covid-19 has been absolutely heartbreaking.