HealthNewsUKWorld UK PM: At low point, doctors prepared my death announcement by Barbados Today 03/05/2020 written by Barbados Today Updated by Desmond Brown 03/05/2020 1 min read A+A- Reset FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 227 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered more insight into his hospitalisation for coronavirus, telling a British newspaper that he knew doctors were preparing for the worst. The 55-year-old Johnson, who spent three nights in intensive care during his week of treatment in a London hospital after falling ill with COVID-19, told The Sun newspaper he was aware that doctors were discussing his fate. โIt was a tough old moment, I wonโt deny it,โ he said. โThey had a strategy to deal with a โdeath of Stalinโ-type scenario.โโ Johnson couldnโt believe how quickly his health had deteriorated and had difficulty understanding why he wasnโt getting better. Medical workers gave him โlitres and litres of oxygenโ but he said the โindicators kept going in the wrong direction.โ You Might Be Interested In Crystal Beckles-Holder, 2nd runner up in regional competition Bangladesh opposition demand new vote Business owners disappointed โBut the bad moment came when it was 50-50 whether they were going to have to put a tube down my windpipe,โ he told the newspaper. โThat was when it got a bitโโฆโthey were starting to think about how to handle it presentationally.โ Johnsonโs close call isย reflected in the name thatย he and fiancรฉe Carrie Symonds gave to their newborn son. Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson was named after Johnson and Symondsโ grandfathers and after Drย Nick Price and Drย Nick Hart โ the two doctors who saved the prime ministerโs life. Johnsonโs actions since leaving the hospital suggest the NHS has a powerful new advocate as it seeks to reverse a decade of austerity that has left Britainโs doctors and nurses struggling to treat the flood of coronavirus patients with inadequate supplies of protective gear. Dozens of NHS workers have died in the outbreak. (The Associated Press) Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like Call for regular blood donors as trauma, cancer care ups demand 13/06/2026 Parent group warns of youth vaping โepidemicโ, urges national crackdown 12/06/2026 Misinformation posing growing threat to public health โ BAMP 12/06/2026