Salisbury doctors feared ‘all-consuming’ nerve agent crisis following attack on Sergei Skripal and daughter
Salisbury doctors feared ‘all-consuming’ nerve agent crisis following attack on Sergei Skripal and daughter
11:17, 29.05.2018

Medics who treated Sergei Skripal and his daughter have told how they feared that novichok exposure could spread through Salisbury and trigger an “all-consuming” crisis.

NHS staff at Salisbury District Hospital said they initially suspected the victims were suffering an opioid overdose but quickly realised they were dealing with a nerve agent, as reported by The Independent.

When Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was brought in with similar symptoms, there were fears that many more could fall victim to the chemical weapon.
Lorna Wilkinson, the hospital’s director of nursing, told the BBC’s Newsnight programme: “There was a real concern as to how big could this get.

“Have we just gone from having two index patients to having something that actually could become all-consuming and involve many casualties? Because we really didn’t know at that point.”





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