An 84-year-old auxiliary nurse and 78-year-old hospital support worker who both refused to retire are among the latest NHS employees to die from coronavirus. Margaret Tapley, a grandmother-of-four, died at a hospital in Swindon on Sunday, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has said. She worked at Witney Community Hospital, Oxfordshire. And Sophie Fagan, who arrived … Read more
Whistleblower nurse says 80 per cent of NHS staff on one hospital ward have caught coronavirus due to lack of PPE protective gear Nurse at Arrow Park Hospital on the Wirral said staff have contracted the virus Hospital previously received British Wuhan evacuees flown back to the UK Until this week some medics on wards … Read more
Centurion survivor! Footage shows heartwarming moment one of Britain’s oldest coronavirus patients, aged 102, leaves hospital after defeating the deadly disease Vera Beeley, 102, from Sheffield, diagnosed with coronavirus on Easter Monday She was admitted by her care home previous day after complaining of a cough Touching video shows moment left hopsital after defeating the … Read more
NHS hospital worker, 41, dies from coronavirus after catching it while working on the wards Philippines-born Jenelyn Carter of Ammanford, South Wales has died of covid-19 whilst working for the NHS at Morriston Hospital Morriston Hospital have paid tribute to their colleague who will be missed Jenelyn Carter was treated by her own colleagues before … Read more
Married father-of-three British Transport Police detective constable, 53, dies in hospital from coronavirus after month-long battle with infection John Coker, 53, was admitted to hospital after being taken ill on March 22 Detective Constable had been transferred to ICU to receive critical treatment He had worked for BTP for more than ten years and was … Read more
Australia’s death toll jumps to 69 after four more die from the bug – including a cruise ship passenger and a man in his 50s Australia’s death toll from the deadly coronavirus has jumped to 69 A 74-year-old man from Tasmania became the eighth recorded death in the state A Queensland man, 83, struck with the … Read more
Australia’s death toll jumps to 67 after two people die in hospital from the bug – including a cruise ship passenger and a man in his 70s The 74-year-old man from the north-west, is eighth recorded death in the state He is the eighth recorded death in the state from coronavirus in just three weeks … Read more
Care home residents say they are being asked to sign letters agreeing to not be taken to hospital if they become ill the coronavirus. Elderly people are being asked to sign the agreements en masse as hospitals come under intense pressure from thousands of patients with the infectious disease. People over the age of 80 are … Read more
The Duchess of Cornwall will officially open Britain’s latest Nightingale Hospital in Manchester with a pre-recorded speech today after it was built in just two weeks. The NHS Nightingale Hospital North West at the Manchester Central Convention Centre has already started treating coronavirus patients from the region. Construction was completed earlier this week, ahead of … Read more
Heartache as mother-to-be suffering from coronavirus dies during labour at London hospital – but medics save her child A mother who was infected with coronavirus has died during birth of her child Death at Whittington Hospital, North London, has left her family ‘devastated’ Not known if victim had underlying health conditions – investigation is underway … Read more