Covid inquiry told how putting on PPE delayed treatment of dying patients

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Covid inquiry told how putting on PPE delayed treatment of dying patients

Ambulance technician says policy of only donning protective equipment at scene cost vital minutes

Dying patients experienced vital delays in being treated by paramedics because of the time it took ambulance crews to put on protective personal equipment, the Covid inquiry has been told.

An ambulance technician, Mark Tilley, came close to tears on Tuesday as he described how the experience still “played on his mind”.

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