Hero retired nurse, 62, with 40yrs’ experience goes back onto the frontline to head UK’s new mega hospital at ExCel Deirdre Barr, 62, will come out of retirement to head the new ExCel hospital Barr, from Bogside, has served the NHS for 40 years after joining as a cadet Her sister, 74, said her family … Read more
Nurse who shared tearful plea urging shoppers to stop panic buying reveals she is self-isolating after developing coronavirus symptoms – and begs people to ‘stay indoors to save lives’ Dawn Bilbrough, 51, from York, was unable to purchase basic foods from shop Went viral after tearfully urged the public to stop stripping supermarket shelves Critical … Read more
A train company has been accused of ‘cashing in’ on frontline NHS staff trying to get to work amid the coronavirus crisis. Thousands of ‘key workers’ up and down the UK are still having to get public transport while the rest of the country is on lockdown. But Southeastern has been slammed by commuters for … Read more
By Jessica Rach for MailOnline Expert has revealed how the practice of touching your face can be instrumental in spreading diseases like coronavirus Dr. James Cherry, an infectious diseases expert at UCLA, advised wearing gloves or using a sterile contraption to touch your face Author Martin Grunwald revealed politicians are extensively trained not to touch … Read more
Red eyes may be a tell-tale sign of coronavirus: Nurse who treated patients in Seattle nursing home says they ALL shared the facial ‘symptom’ Chelsey Earnest is a nurse at Life Care Center in Kirkland, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state She said redness around the eyes was the most important sign that … Read more
As a clinician for the NHS 111 medical helpline, I have had to talk a mother through an unplanned home birth, diagnose a heart attack and decide whether to send the only available ambulance to a baby with breathing difficulties or a man with chest pain – while fending off abusive callers, some of whom … Read more
A distraught critical care nurse who was unable to buy basic foods following a 48-hour shift has urged shoppers to stop stripping supermarket shelves amid the coronavirus pandemic. In her heartbreaking appeal, Dawn Bilbrough, 51, from York, who had just completed a lengthy and exhausting shift, explained that she had visited her supermarket to pick … Read more
A Colorado nurse who contracted the deadly coronavirus said her illness has been nothing like she expected. Lisa Merck, 50, from Crested Butte, said it was after returning from a two-week trip to Hawaii with her husband that she began feeling sick. She said it started with sniffles, before advancing to left-side body aches, shortness … Read more
A nurse died of cancer after being exposed to asbestos while working at the same London hospital trust where the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Diana gave birth. Sue Taylor’s first job as a respiratory nurse was in 1981 at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, where she worked for three years. In June 2017 … Read more
Nurse diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer at age 24 says she ignored the warning signs and urges women to take notice of the tell-tale symptoms Australian nurse Emma was diagnosed with ovarian cancer aged 24 years old She had surgery to remove a 15-centimetre mass from her pelvis after she felt it Doctors diagnosed Emma with … Read more