NHS worker writes letter to family in case 'mummy doesn't make it home'
A DOCTOR at a coronavirus-hit hospital wrote a “just in case letter” to her husband and sons before going in for a shift.
But her heart-rending revelations illustrate the danger and fear medics are facing as they strive to help patients during the epidemic in Britain’s hospitals.Health chiefs also said more thanListing what she had done before leaving, she wrote: “Packed a bag of clothes for my boot, in case I am isolated from my family in a hotel with fellow front-line workers.
We’re expecting this to be a really tough period for the NHS. But our department is in it together and that makes a big difference. A source said: “It is truly dire in Hillingdon — as it is across the UK. Doctors and nurses there are at breaking point as they struggle with this crisis. “The team there are as stretched as can be and are really fearful of what’s to come. They fear thousands and thousands of deaths across the country and say the hospital is like a war zone.”EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIMES
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