Tide of tears as nurse dies and children are left alone
A TRAINEE nurse has died from coronavirus, leaving behind two young children she had been raising alone.
Naggayi Angella, a mental health nursing student, passed away from Covid-19 on Monday after being in a coma for two weeks.
Her two grieving children John Jeremiah Mugisha, aged eight, and daughter Annmarie Yiga, aged 12, described her as irreplaceable and caring.
The 42-year-old mother-of-two worked part-time in community integrated care while studying at Edinburgh Napier University.
She was from Uganda and had no other family in the UK.
Annmarie said: ‘I love everything about her and miss everything about her. I love how she always took time to squeeze in her faith no matter how tired she was.’
She wrote on a fundraising page: ‘In life, we love you dearly, in death we love you still, in our hearts you hold a place no one will ever fill.’
And younger brother John added: ‘Mummy was a nice caring person who loved me so much.’
Organiser Ubuntu Gla is trying to raisi £10,000 to help the bereaved children, and to return their mother’s body to her home country. So far more than £9,000 has been raised from more than 300 donors.
A tribute said: ‘We, the friends and family of Naggayi Angella “Grace”, from across the world in Kampala, Glasgow, London, Ireland, Canada have set up this fundraising appeal on behalf of her two beloved children, Annmarie and John.
‘We mourn the loss of our Amazing Grace, our soul sister and spiritual guide to Covid-19.
‘Angella was a devoted mummy to her two loving children who now walk alone, their heads held high, strong in their faith and always guided by the bright light of her deep love.
‘Angella’s only wish until she slipped into a coma two weeks ago was for her children to be happy and successful.
‘Please join us to help the children fulfil their Mum’s last wish to be buried at her ancestral home in Uganda and give them some financial security to fortify their uncertain journey ahead.’
Professor Austyn Snowden, her personal development tutor at Edinburgh Napier, said: ‘Angella was diligent, hard-working and tried her best at all times.
‘I found her to be polite and selfdeprecating but with a great sense of humour and, while juggling many priorities, she really wanted to be a nurse. We will miss her.’
‘Soul sister and spiritual guide’