whenjocelyn left hospital last year, she had no idea just how long it would take to recover. evenjust to talk was an effort for me. even just this time, i was really breathless, very short of breath, even at rest. i was so frail. i was so ill. i was so extremely vulnerable, really. jocelyn is not alone. this is raj leaving intensive care. i could not stand my foot would just drop. there wasn t strength. i could not stand. after closing my eyes, everything body would just shake. doing so well. and done. i never imagined i had to learn to re walk. yeah. oh, good, well done. covid left raj with long lasting problems. damage to the kidney, damage to the heart and neurological damage into my legs. i still have to walk
many months and have been running a really well oiled operation. how do you see that booster programme working, what sort of things have you been told, and how will you do it at this hospitalfor been told, and how will you do it at this hospital for people been told, and how will you do it at this hospitalfor people in been told, and how will you do it at this hospital for people in the midlands? this hospital for people in the midlands? , . , ., midlands? the plant is after the summer we midlands? the plant is after the summer we will midlands? the plant is after the summer we will be midlands? the plant is after the summer we will be running - midlands? the plant is after the summer we will be running a . midlands? the plant is after the - summer we will be running a booster programme to open up access to the vaccine programme to as many people as possible because that is clearly one of the best routes out of the pandemic across the country. in pandemic across the country. in t
with the walking stick. jocelyn and raj have become friends. they were on the same ward at epsom hospital in surrey. staff at the hospital quickly realised patients would need significant help with so called long covid. there are now more than a million people in the uk suffering long term after effects of the virus. i ve seen it described as the pandemic after the pandemic. i think long covid is undoubtedly an umbrella term for lots of different conditions ongoing fatigue, breathlessness, lots of impact on patients mental health, problems with sleep, sometimes cardiac issues, and a whole range of different symptoms. in.and out, and again. an exercise class just part of the rehab programme run by the epsom and st helier hospital trust. to come here, it opened my mind to see how young people were. you ve got young. they look really fit. you ve got my age 50 odd but, you know, the different ages.
this hospital, knows how difficult it is to get a car parking spot. more than a thousand beds, 26 operating theatres. as louise was talking about the vaccine numbers, this region, the midlands has given out more jabs than any other across the uk. this morning we are focusing onjust one, the the uk. this morning we are focusing on just one, the first one back in december. but if you cast your mind back to last december, margaret keenan maggie to herfriends was the first person in the world to get a covid 19 jab outside of clinical trials. it happened three floors below us in this main hospital building. it was given by a nurse matron may parsons, and the two women are now good friends. last week i had the privilege of meeting them for their first interview and a tour of the hospital. good morning. it is tuesday, 8th december. our top story. this is margaret keenan who you can see there. she is 90. today has been dubbed v day in the uk, as the first doses of the corona vaccine are
anxiety about worrying about getting it again and things like that, i am also looking forward to just normality. the rehab programme runs for six weeks at a time. they ve seen improvements in breathlessness, fatigue, mental health, quality of life. bernie is a police sergeant and she s just back at work. so if you re a criminal in croydon, and the surrounding area, watch out bernie s about. well, she s getting there. she s coming back with a vengeance. she s getting there. a year after they left hospital, jocelyn and raj are also on the mend. my mum cries every time she speaks with me because she knows what i have gone through and it s difficult whenever i talk to her it is emotional thing for me, but they have just helped me come out of it. they are my family now. jocelyn is a junior sister at the hospital where she caught covid and eventually