Sir Chris Whitty has told the Covid-19 Inquiry the UK had “very low” intensive care capacity going into the pandemic and that was a “political choice”. England’s Chief Medical Officer said there were “strong arguments” for increasing bed numbers after another senior medic broke down in tears as he described scenes "from hell" on intensive care wards. Prof Whitty said: “The UK has a very low ICU (intensive care unit) capacity compared to most of our peer nations in high income countries. Now

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