Where is St Thomas’ hospital, and is it an NHS centre?
PRIME MINISTER Boris Johnson was taken to St Thomas' hospital on Sunday, as he struggled to recover from coronavirus.
The PM was still suffering from symptoms, ten days after testing positive for the deadly bug.
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Yet, he is now in critical condition and in intensive care after suffering with breathing problems.
Where is St Thomas' hospital?
St Thomas' hospital is on Westminster Bridge Road, just half a mile away from 10 Downing Street.
It can normally be seen for those travelling into the London Waterloo train station, while can often be seen across the River Thames from the Houses of Parliament.
The hospital is one of the most famous - and oldest - in London, having a history dating back to the 12th Century, while it has been in its current place by Lambeth Palace since 1871.
The former site on Southwark is also notable for being the site where the first English Bible was printed in 1537.
Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Harold Wilson died at St Thomas' in 1995 with colon cancer and Alzheimer's - 19 years after resigning from his second stint at 10 Downing Street.
Is it an NHS centre?
St Thomas' hospital is a NHS centre with full Accident and Emergency capabilities, along with up to 840 beds.
Critical care is among its main specialities, along with dermatology (skin), cardiothoracic surgery (heart and lungs) and obstetrics - related to childbirth and midwifery.
The hospital is also a well-known centre of training young medical professionals with King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals, along with Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery.
When was Boris Johnson admitted?
Mr Johnson was taken to St Thomas' hospital on Sunday evening as a "precautionary step".
Downing Street released a statement, saying: "On the advice of his doctor, the Prime Minister has tonight been admitted to hospital for tests.
"This is a precautionary step, as the Prime Minister continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus ten days after testing positive for the virus.
"The Prime Minister thanks NHS staff for all of their incredible hard work and urges the public to continue to follow the Government’s advice to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives."
Despite reports he was in good spirits on Monday morning, Boris Johnson needed four litres of oxygen as he was taken to the intensive care unit (ICU) in the evening.
But the Prime Minister is in the best place, with Dr Sarah Jarvis telling the Sun that "he couldn't be in better hands".
The GP and medical director of patientaccess.com said: "The team at St Thomas's have basically seen more patients than the rest of the UK.
"They have more experience of coronavirus than almost all other hospitals.
"They have the top doctors in the country, and what's more they have seen more Covid-19 patients.
"St Thomas's is a major trauma centre, and along with the Royal Free was the first hospital in the UK to see any coronavirus patients.
"London is about two to three weeks ahead of the rest of the UK and Guys and St Thomas's are about two to three weeks ahead of the rest of London in terms of how they understand this disease.
"He couldn't be in better hands."
