Published:
10:08 AM January 9, 2021
Updated:
10:46 AM January 9, 2021
Wendy Kimberley has produced 51 canvas of health care staff working across hospitals and the community in Norfolk and beyond.
- Credit: Wendy Kimberley
A Norfolk nurse and self-taught artist has completed a half-century of portraits of NHS health heroes.
Mrs Kimberley, who works at Wymondham Health Centre, has completed 51 portraits to date and said she hopes it can lift morale at a busy and stressful time.
The self-taught painter has also had the honour of seeing separate artwork presented to the Queen for her private collection and has painted staff from across Norfolk to as far as Wales, Liverpool and London.
The total number of hospital patients that have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Norfolk has now passed 650.
There were 22 deaths added to.
NNUH chief nurse Professor Nancy Fontaine. Photo: NNUH
- Credit: NNUH
One thousand workers at the region s largest hospital have now received the coronavirus vaccine.
1,000 staff members at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital have received a coronavirus vaccine
- Credit: Nick Butcher
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) reached the four-figure milestone this week and aims to vaccinate all members of staff within the next two weeks.
The hospital says it has been using 100pc of its available stocks of the jab, with 5pc ringfenced for employees.
The remaining 95pc is being administered to society s most vulnerable and elderly, as well as other frontline health and care workers.
“Boris would announce something at 8pm and then by 8am our department phone would be ringing with scared and anxious staff and I felt I had to have found the answers to their questions.
“We are expecting a very tough first quarter of the year. It’s going to be difficult for the next few months and we will all wobble but hopefully we will wobble at different times and get through. We will have days when it just feels like we can’t go on and then there will be other days when we feel more robust. I think like any community we pull together and we do what we need to do.”
Miss Brown, from Toftwood, near Dereham, was discharged on Wednesday after being taken to hospital on New Year s Day.
She had gone to bed the night before and did not wake up until January 3 in intensive care.
She praised the hospital s critical care staff and Elsing ward for looking after her.
The hospital tweeted: We re pleased to announce that we have now had over 700 people return home to continue their recovery from Covid-19. We d like to thank all of our dedicated staff who continue to fight this virus.
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