WATCHING THEIR PATIENTS DIE
like a blue-arsed fly making sure I care for him properly.
Tonight, I watch three people die before my eyes.
A patient in his 40s dies. He had an underlying health problem, but nothing major.
I hear the same from colleagues – people dying with minor issues, not the underlying health problems the Government talks about. I hear about a case of someone who has died whose wife has tested positive for Covid-19.
She’s now got to self-isolate for 14 days. She has to bear her grief alone.
I don’t go in to work tonight. My partner has a dry cough and a temperature. I’m pretty sure it’s coronavirus. I call it in. My boss i s understanding and gives me a choice to stay at home with my partner or go to a hotel for a week so I can carry on working.
It’s a hard call, but I can’t let my colleagues down. I pack a bag and go to a hotel near the hospital. It’s going to be hard without having someone at home to offload to.
If my partner’s symptoms get worse I’ll have to return home and self-isolate, but, for now, I will be where I’m needed.
THURSDAY NIGHT
manager and she said, “Please don’t leave.” So I stayed until 8pm.
Everyone was exhausted. I don’t think anyone realises we need lots more nurses to patients with this virus. It was taking more than double the time to do anything.
I worry a lot of staff will get it and we won’t have enough staff.
I live with my mum and she’s a
Type 1 diabetic. That shift has put me off going back to work, but I’ll be back.
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