Thirteen dementia patients at care home were SAVED despite showing coronavirus symptoms after hero nurse who worked through swine flu crisis used her experiences to contain the outbreak Maria Spollin became a specialist in advanced life support during swine flu crisis Her expertise saved 13 dementia patients at Church Farm Skylarks, Nottingham Retired Army Brigadier Peter … Read more
Mattel honors COVID-19 frontline staff with doctors, nurses, EMTs, delivery drivers and grocery store workers action figures which will raise funds to buy PPE for first responders Toy maker Mattel launched a ‘Thank You Heroes’ line of 16 new action figures honoring workers on the frontlines during the coronavirus pandemic The toys, being sold under … Read more
A nurse who ‘gave her life’ to the NHS and fell ill with coronavirus just three days before she was to retire is one of four more health workers to have been killed by the disease. Janice Glassey 66, was engaged to be married and was known for the passion she showed to her job, … Read more
A nurse battling coronavirus has revealed how she begged healthcare staff ‘don’t let me die’ for the sake of her children – in a diary written from her hospital bed. Nurse of 12 years Kelly Ward, 35, started coughing during a hospital shift and now remains seriously ill at Bradford Royal Infirmary in West Yorkshire. … Read more
The twin sister of a nurse who died of coronavirus and inspired applause from NHS staff was also killed by the bug just hours after the heartfelt tribute. Emma Davis, 37, a former nurse herself, died at Southampton General Hospital today, just three days after the death of identical twin Katy, who worked as a … Read more
Coronavirus has devastated the families of NHS heroes, with a nurse waking up from a coma to find his partner has died from the virus while his colleague on the same ward and her husband have also passed away. David Courtney-Williams, a nurse, woke up to the news his partner of 28 years, Steven, had … Read more
A New Zealand nurse who treated Boris Johnson while he was in hospital with coronavirus said she saw the Prime Minister as ‘just another patient’ and that she thought he was joking when he singled her out for praise. Jenny McGee, 35, who has worked for the National Health Service since 2010, was one of the … Read more
An intensive care nurse has told of the final moments she spent with a dying coronavirus patient and how she held her hands until she passed away while her daughter listened on the phone. Juanita Nittla, 42, has revealed how she watched ‘the heart rate hit zero’ and saw the the patient flatline as music requested … Read more
An intensive care nurse has told of the final moments she spent with a dying coronavirus patient and how she held her hands until she passed away while her daughter listened on the phone. Juanita Nittla, 42, has revealed how she watched ‘the heart rate hit zero’ and saw the the patient flatline as music requested … Read more
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