Irish surgeon hero of Westminster attacks warns our terror preparation ‘decades behind’

Morgan McMonagle was on duty when St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington was put on high alert

Tuesday's BBC documentary features Morgan McMonagle Picture: Ryan McNamara
Emergency services respond to Westminster Bridge terror attack. Pic: Getty

Meet Irish trauma surgeon Morgan McMonagle who was on duty when St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London was put on high alert after the terror attack on Westminster Bridge.

McMonagle will feature prominently in the first episode of BBC series Hospital which followed the surgeon and his team on the day of the terror attack in March.

McMonagle and hospital management had just minutes to ...