#TeamBartsHealth blogs

At Barts Health, we are extremely lucky to have such amazing people who willingly dedicate their time and effort and volunteer their services to help us.

In this diary entry, Brinni Selvarajah and Richard Toshner reflect on the amount of upheaval to the department formerly known as respiratory medicine, now known as covidology. 

Dan, who lives with cystic fibrosis, was admitted to ICU at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in March where he was tested positive for Covid-19. 

After leaving her job earlier in the year, Irene decided to pursue a great passion of hers – volunteering. No one could have predicted that within a few weeks she would be on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Dr Josh Michaels, a surgical trainee at The Royal London Hospital has raised more than £13,000 for Barts Charity.

Senior charge nurse John Wells thanks the nurses and support staff who have been redeployed to the coronavirus frontline in intensive care at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

In this two-minute read, we caught up with Dr Alex Aldren to discuss his viral video and his background in opera.

When I was shadowing a consultant colleague recently it became apparent that some patients were having difficulty understanding our explanations for lying on their front (proning), says Liat Sarner, clinical director for SHaRD (sexual health, HIV, dermatology, rheumatology).

In her second diary entry on Covid19, Dr Veronica White reflects on celebrating three major religious festivals in the last week and the support available for staff.