BBC hospital drama series, Holby City and Casualty have both donated fully working ventilators from its set in Elstree to be used in London’s new Nightingale Hospital.
The British-led Corporation shared the news in a tweet, with a photo of workers unloading equipment from a van.
The Holby City’s executive producer, Simon Harper, said: “We are only too willing and we wanted to help the courageous and selfless real-life medics”.
NHS staffs are still worried about the lack protective equipment they need to treat coronavirus patients.
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said that there was enough kit for everyone before he unveiled a plan for addressing shortages.
Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, made a sort of an apologised for the lack of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), during a coronavirus press conference at No.10 Downing Street.
After twice being asked if she was sorry, she said: “I am sorry if people feel that thy have been failed.
“But, at the same time we are in an unprecedented global health pandemic right now”.
“it is inevitable that the demand and pressure on PPE are going to be incredibly high.
“And of course we are trying to address that as a government”.
The government was slammed or not providing health workers with enough personal protection equipment, putting the lives of key workers at risk as they treated patients infected with coronavirus.
The BBC said that they were only too happy to donate the ventilators from the sets to help the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Set in a fictional city in the Wet Country, multi-award winning Holby City, and Casualty, have both paused their respective productions during the coronavirus crisis.
