“These are the hands” became a kind of anthem for the NHS. How ironic and unfortunate then, that the writer of that poem, Michael Rosen, spent six weeks on an ITU, cared for by those hands.

               Rosen has now published a book looking back at his year with Covid-19, ‘Many Different Kinds of Love’. Since he was himself in an induced coma while ventilated, he has only islands of recollection for the acute period of his infection. So instead of trying to fill the gaps, he reproduces extracts from the journal written by his carers on ITU: nurses, … Read more...