Corrections & complaints Emotional farewell to colleague Keith
NHS STAFF LINE ROAD TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO NURSE
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NHS staff lined the streets to give an emotional send-off to a ‘dedicated’ frontline nurse and his parents who all died of coronavirus.
Hundreds of people – mostly health staff – gathered outside South Tyneside District Hospital and burst into applause as the hearses carrying Keith Dunnington and his parents passed by.
Keith, who was a staff nurse at Gateshead’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, died on April 19 after supporting the NHS frontline in its fight against Covid-19.
His mum Lillian, 81, and dad Maurice, 85, also both died in hospital days apart after contracting the virus.
Ahead of a joint funeral service yesterday morning, emergency workers, including doctors, nurses and firefighters, briefly left their posts to honour the family.
Hundreds were seen lining John Reid Road, while adhering to social distancing guidelines, to pay their respects. A service followed at South Shields Crematorium which was restricted to immediate family.
Keith’s colleagues have previously described the 54-year-old, from South Shields, as a “selfless, hardworking and dedicated” man.
Yvonne Ormston, chief executive of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Keith was a longserving staff nurse who worked on medical, surgical and elderly wards here at Gateshead Health NHS FT.
“Keith was a popular and hard-working member of our fantastic nursing team.
“He will be very missed by his co-workers here at the trust and by the patients he cared for.”
The trust said that although the father-of-two was “very much part of the QE family”, he was employed by nursing agency Pulse Jobs.
Lorna Duka, from Pulse Jobs, added: “Keith was a very selfless, hardworking and dedicated nurse who planned to help at the Nightingale during this pandemic.
“His positivity really stood out during this time; cracking jokes and asking me how I was coping.
“He always spoke very fondly of his family and his colleagues at Gateshead, who he had the opportunity to work with regularly over the last year. He will be very much missed.”