Nurses report an ‘increase in deaths and maggots in wounds’ amid summer heatwave
18-09-2026 13:43 via nursinginpractice.com

Nurses report an ‘increase in deaths and maggots in wounds’ amid summer heatwave

Nurses report an ‘increase in deaths’ during the summer heatwave, finding maggots in wounds and cancer patients ‘dripping with sweat’, a survey has revealed. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) surveyed 2,471 nurses across the UK between August 12 and 28 on the impact of the heatwave this summer which saw temperatures reach highs of...Read moreThe post Nurses report an ‘increase in deaths and maggots in wounds’ amid summer heatwave appeared first on Nursing in
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