Holby City donates ventilators to NHS
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11 April 2020 - 1:00 PM

Holby City donates ventilators to NHS

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Holby City has donated ventilators to the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The BBC medical drama - which has paused production during the global health crisis - gifted a number of working ventilators from its set to London\'s new NHS Nightingale Hospital.

Announcing the news in a tweet, BBC Studios said: "Fully operational ventilators from the Holby City set arrived at the new Nightingale Hospital.

"@BBCCasualty & @BBCHolbyCity Exec Producer Simon Harper said: "We are only too happy to help out and do what we can for the courageous and selfless real life medics."

The BBC donated the ventilators to the London Nightingale - which can hold up to 4,000 patients - as the drama is filmed at Elstree studios, in Hertfordshire.

This comes after \'Holby City\' and \'Casualty\' donated PPE (personal protective equipment) to the NHS.

Bob Barrett - who plays Dr. Sasha Levy on \'Holby\' - is incredibly proud of the frontline workers battling the deadly coronavirus, and revealed the BBC One medical dramas have sent their stock of PPE to hospitals to help employees.

Speaking on \'Good Morning Britain\', he explained: "As soon as the virus started, they gave as much as they could.

"They\'ve given PPE and equipment, anything they can and anything that\'s useful and that\'s helpful. Whatever we can do to help, it\'s amazing what\'s happening when you see how many people are helping and what people are doing to get us through this.

"We do our little bit to do as much as we can to support the NHS.

"Obviously, the show is a massive supporter for the NHS. We try to show the heroism of the people who work, and that\'s what the whole nation is seeing at the moment. It\'s incredibly important really."

Bob is "incredibly humbled" by the work NHS staff have been doing throughout the pandemic.

He said: "Thank God for them, because they get us through it. I\'m thinking particularly of my friends at the NHS, who we work with on a daily basis at \'Holby\' and how amazing they are.

"We\'ve been keeping in touch with them, and it\'s been so unbelievably moving and I\'m so honoured to know people.

"We\'ve got to know over the years some of the other people outside of the show as well, and to see how hard they\'re working and how selfless and incredible they all are. It\'s been incredibly humbling."

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