After she pulled over, a frightened pensioner opened his door and grabbed her arm in desperation before telling her he feared he had coronavirus
She added: ‘He said he hadn’t left the house for seven to 10 days, hadn’t eaten or had a drink because he has not been able to get out of the house.
Lucy, a mental health nurse on the urgent response team, said the man was ’drifting in and out of consciousness’ when she called 999. She said: ‘I stayed with him to be a friend, but I am a nurse, so can help with little things too. I helped walk him to the ambulance and to make sure the paramedics were not putting themselves at risk that was unnecessary.‘I followed them to the hospital in my car. I gave him my contact number when I left just if he needed anything while he was in hospital.‘I just wanted to make sure he was ok.
Her story was shared widely on social media after she wrote about it on Facebook. It comes after thousands leaned out of their windows and doors on Thursday to clap their hands for NHS workers, who are risking their lives daily on the coronavirus frontline.
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