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Infectious diseases consultant recalls treating first Covid patients – Forres Gazette
Dr Matt Schmid led the team that treated the first patients at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
An infectious diseases consultant who treated the UKs first coronavirus patients said he never thought there would be 100,000 Covid-related deaths in the UK.
Consultant Dr Matt Schmid, who led the team that treated the first patients at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, said the national network of infectious disease units acted as a buffer for the wider NHS in those early weeks.
Initially, coronavirus patients were only treated in high consequence infectious disease (HCID) wards like the…
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