Fort William coronavirus survivor Lily features in new TV documentary

Fort William coronavirus survivor Lily Burns features in a new two-part series which airs next Monday and Tuesday, September 7 and 8 on BBC ALBA.

Trusadh – Sgeulachdan a’ Ghlasaidh (Life in Lockdown) started following a variety of Scottish contributors from two weeks into lockdown to record their stories.

Some of these people have first-hand experience of the virus, some are front line workers and others have been shielding.

Lily, 21, was admitted to the Belford Hospital in Fort William in April after she tested positive for coronavirus, and was later taken by ambulance to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness as a precaution.

She was put on a ventilator as the virus had attacked all of her internal organs, particularly her heart.

Doctors put Lily into induced coma to allow an her

The Lochaber Times covered Lily’s story back in May. She is pictured here having been released from hospital following her virus ordeal.

body to fight the infection. She was eventually discharged from the hospital on May 4, but is still recovering from the after-effects of the virus.

The two programmes also feature several people from the Western Isles, as well as parent and teacher at Mallaig Primary School, Hana MacNeil.

During lockdown, Hana started getting messages from parents asking for her advice about how to teach their children at home. Some of the parents didn’t have any Gaelic and needed support with that.

As a result, Hana came up with the idea of setting up a group to help parents with homeschooling – called Clasrum air On Oir (Classroom on the Edge) on Facebook.

She filmed four or five lessons a day with her sevenyear-old daughter Rachel and Brian, five, and shared them on the Facebook page.