Hundreds of patients have already died because of delays at accident-and-emergency departments this year, it has been revealed, as health secretary Humza Yousaf warned the number of people in hospital with Covid in Scotland may increase further over coming weeks.
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  240 Scots die as a result of delays at A&E departments amid Covid pressure, say doctors  
     
  Hundreds of patients have already died because of delays at accident-and-emergency departments this year, it has been revealed, as health secretary Humza Yousaf warned the number of people in hospital with Covid in Scotland may increase further over coming weeks.  
     
240 Scots die as a result of delays at A&E departments amid Covid pressure, say doctors
     
 
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