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• O2 Academy Brixton crush: Claims of not enough medical cover

  By Anna Meisel, Paul Kerley, Paul KerleyBbc File| BBC Verified By Anna Meisel & Paul KerleyBBC File on 4Only half the recommended number of medical staff were on duty at the O2 Brixton Academy on the night of a crush at the south-west London venue. Industry guidelines suggest there should have been medical cover of at least 10 people, including a paramedic and a nurse. After two insiders approached the BBC, the medical cover provider confirmed only five people were working when the crush happened in December. No paramedics or nurses were present.

  By Anna Meisel, Paul Kerley, Paul KerleyBbc File · BBC

  Feb. 23, 2023

• The eyewitnesses who captured the quake on social media

  By Kirstie Brewer Verified, Paul Kerley| BBC Verified Image source, Getty ImagesBy Kirstie Brewer & Paul KerleyBBC NewsThe sheer scale of the devastation of the earthquake and its aftershocks can be seen in social media photos and videos posted by people in Turkey and Syria. Eyewitnesses have also been speaking about what happened. BBC News has been pulling together and verifying information.

  By Kirstie Brewer Verified, Paul Kerley · BBC

  Feb. 06, 2023

• O2 Academy Brixton crush: Claims of not enough medical cover

  By Anna Meisel, Paul Kerley, Paul KerleyBbc File| BBC Verified By Anna Meisel & Paul KerleyBBC File on 4Only half the recommended number of medical staff were on duty at the O2 Brixton Academy on the night of a crush at the south-west London venue. Industry guidelines suggest there should have been medical cover of at least 10 people, including a paramedic and a nurse. After two insiders approached the BBC, the medical cover provider confirmed only five people were working when the crush happened in December. No paramedics or nurses were present.

  By Anna Meisel, Paul Kerley, Paul KerleyBbc File · BBC

  Feb. 23, 2023

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