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When the Covid pandemic began,
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I knew that science
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was the only escape route to normal life.
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My name is Dr.
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Charlotte Summers.
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I'm an intensive care doctor
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and researcher
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at the University of Cambridge
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and Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
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Faced with a new and deadly virus,
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the team here
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worked
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round the clock to create
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new intensive care beds
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and to work out how to deal
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with the very sickest of patients
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with Covid.
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Alongside this,
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we kickstarted research
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to understand the virus
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and develop
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new tests, therapies and vaccines.
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It really helps bring
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both the doctor
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and a scientist,
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understanding problems at the bedside
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means that we can accelerate
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research into problems
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that really matter.
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It also
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means that we can rapidly
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translate discoveries
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into new therapies for patients.
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We could never find treatments for Covid
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without patients being willing
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to take part in clinical trials.
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Every patient with Covid
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admitted to
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Addenbrooke's
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is offered the opportunity
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to take part in research,
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and we're deeply grateful to all of them.
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We have witnessed the power of science
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in finding new treatments
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and vaccines for Covid,
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but we still need to find more treatments
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to save lives
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and stop people
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getting so unwell
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that they require intensive care.
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Doing
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this will require more superhuman efforts
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from clinicians and scientists
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who have already gone above
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and beyond during the pandemic.
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But treatments for Covid are out there
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and working together
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locally, nationally
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and internationally, we will find them.
