Covid Inquiry Reveals 'Scenes From Hell' in Overwhelmed UK Hospitals

Testimonies describe severe shortages, high death rates, and extreme conditions faced by NHS staff during the pandemic.

Professor Kevin Fong testified that the scale of death in intensive care units during the Covid pandemic was unprecedented, with some shifts seeing up to 10 deaths.
Hospitals were so overwhelmed that they ran out of body bags, resorting to using clear plastic sacks and cable ties for deceased patients.
Nurses were forced to wear adult diapers and use patient commodes due to the lack of staff available to relieve them for breaks.
Some hospitals experienced such severe shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) that staff had to purchase visors from hardware stores.
England's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, acknowledged the UK's low ICU capacity and the confusion over PPE guidelines at the pandemic's onset.