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
A Chinese nurse has died of cardiac arrest after fighting on the front line against the coronavirus epidemic in Hubei for 56 days. The 32-year-old medic, Zhang Jingjing, was pronounced dead yesterday, according to a statement from her hospital. She was due to go home after completing her 14-day quarantine. The nurse left behind her … Read more
Nurse, 70, who served 44 years with NHS and consultant geriatrician are latest frontline heroes to die after treating coronavirus patients Alice Kit Tak Ong served 44 years with the NHS and died yesterday morning Moved to UK from Hong Kong and was ‘completely dedicated’ to her patients Dr Anton Sebastianpillai died last week and … Read more
NHS nurse, 28, reveals she was spat at and branded a ‘virus spreader’ in Lidl car park as prosecutors warn emergency workers face a daily barrage of attacks under lockdown An NHS care nurse revealed she was spat at as she tried to go shopping at Lidl Amy Hall, 28, provides care for elderly and … Read more
A heavily pregnant nurse who died with coronavirus after her daughter was born by C-section has been named. Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong, 28, died on Sunday after undergoing an emergency caesarean to deliver and save her baby daughter. The little girl is understood to be alive but it is not yet clear if she has tested … Read more
Two nurses have been amazed at the kindness showed by strangers as they battle coronavirus on the frontlines. A shopper in Pontefract insisted on paying for a maternity-ward nurse’s groceries while in Sussex a stranger raised £705 for for an A&E nurse whose car was broken into while she was working. Luke Welsh, 30, overheard … Read more
‘I begged the paramedic, but they left’: Husband of Filipino nurse, 50, who worked for NHS for 18 years tells how ambulance crew refused to take her to hospital… nine days before she died of coronavirus after he drove her himself Amor Padilla Gatinao was a nurse at St Charles Hospital in west London Her … Read more
Amy Schumer arranged for a supply of 2,500 KN95 and other crucial supplies to be donated to a New York hospital where her childhood friend Jen Cloudman is among the ranks of brave healthcare workers waging the fight against the coronavirus. ‘This is Jen, my best friend since I was 12 years old,’ the 38-year-old … Read more