NHS says placing dying people face down can save lives for COVID 19 but some medics are only using it as risky last resort.

The NHS guidance has advised the use of proning in treating Covid-19 patients but cannot verify if medics are using the technique as last resort.

The NHS guidance has advised the use of proning in treating Covid-19 patients but cannot verify if medics are using the technique as last resort.The National Health Service (NHS) in its 8 April 2020 Specialty guides for patient management during the coronavirus pandemic says improvements in oxygenation can often be achieved by proning. It added that recent experience suggested a beneficial response to prone positioning in pneumonitis and ARDS patients.

Daily Mail had published a story on how proning helped a lady who was near to death recovered from COVID-19. It said that the doctors had heard about the technique from medics abroad which they used as a last resort which cannot be verified based on one incident alone.

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on COVID-19 including symptoms, prevention and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organisation or your national healthcare authority.