An exhausted nurse has told how 13-hour shifts on an intensive care unit ward have left her physically and mentally drained. Maria Lizcano Gómez, who works at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, west London, was a recovery nurse but moved to the ICU for the coronavirus crisis. The NHS hero from Malaga, Spain, described … Read more
A nurse on the front line of the UK’s coronavirus epidemic has died after testing positive, becoming the youngest health worker to be killed. Areema Nasreen, 36, was diagnosed with the disease after developing a soaring temperature, body aches and a cough. The mother-of-three, who had no underlying health conditions and had worked for the NHS for … Read more
Jennifer Aniston helped her friend Jimmy Kimmel surprise a cardiovascular nurse who has been in isolation away from her children after contracting COVID-19. The 51-year-old actress video called into an interview on Kimmel’s show on Thursday, to greet Kimball Fairbanks of St. George, Utah, and praised the healthcare worker for her bravery and selflessness as … Read more
An NHS nurse forced to send her 10-year-old asthmatic son to live in the countryside to protect him from coronavirus said she feels like her heart has been ‘ripped out.’ Myka Alex, 31, sent her son Kade to live with his grandparents because she feared she could pass the deadly illness onto him, due to … Read more
Italian nurse, 28, ‘strangles his doctor girlfriend to death after falsely accusing her of giving him coronavirus’ Antonio De Pace, 28, ‘called police to tell them he’d killed Lorena Quaranta, 27’ Officers found him with slashed wrists and his partner’s colleagues save his life He then ‘told investigators that he’d murdered her after she gave … Read more
A nurse and father-of-seven died alone at his home after he picked up coronavirus when treating a patient in London, his family have revealed. Thomas Harvey, 57, worked for the NHS for more than 20 years at Goodmayes Hospital in east London and had to self-isolate after catching the virus. Paramedics broke down his door … Read more
Children’s nurse is left in tears after Aldi shoppers abused her for ‘queue-jumping’ with her NHS pass after 13-hour nightshift Nurse who was subject to snide comments after using NHS card to avoid queues She had just finished 13-hour nightshift at Liverpool Children’s Hospital She stopped at an Aldi as it opened to pick up essentials … Read more
Thousands of costume designers, tailors and seamstresses have come together to make urgently-needed scrubs for NHS workers in a nationwide effort coordinated by an A&E nurse. Ashleigh Linsdell, 29, who is a nurse at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, set up Facebook group, For The Love Of Scrubs, last Monday. More than 9,000 people have since … Read more
A 73-year-old man has died from coronavirus after being taken to the hospital by a mental health nurse, whose car he crashed into while making a desperate attempt to get food following ten days in isolation. The elderly man, who has not been named, was delirious and grey-faced when he bumped cars with Lucy Duncan, 24, … Read more
Operation Excel: Ambulances line up outside UK’s new mega hospital to deal with coronavirus crisis as it’s revealed nurse, 62, with 40 years’ experience is coming out of retirement to run it Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, from Bogside, has served the NHS for 40 … Read more