The British prime minister, who spent multiple nights in an intensive care unit with COVID-19, thanked the National Health Service for saving his life.
Johnson, 55, was a key campaigner in favor of Brexit in the 2016 referendum, a campaign that argued, in part, for leaving the European Union to cut and control immigration. But in his address Sunday, Johnson singled out two nurses who watched over him during a crucial 48-hour period — one from New Zealand, the other from Portugal, an EU country. The reference seemed a nod to the important role that foreign staff play in the NHS.
While Johnson praised NHS staff on Sunday, some health care workers say the government has failed to provide enough personal protective equipment . Health Secretary Matt Hancock triggered a backlash on Friday when he said staff should only use the equipment they clinically need and treat PPE as a"precious resource."
"Correct me if I'm wrong," responded Alan Courtney, an anesthesiologist in England."I thought that the health care professionals were the precious resource." Courtney said some workers are still not being supplied gear appropriate to the risks they are taking as they care for COVID-19 patients. "It's easy to describe in very military type terms that we're the front line, that we're at war with this enemy," Courtney said."You would still not send a soldier into a war zone without a gun. You know, you'd still give him a helmet."
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