(Joseph Varkey) Philomina Cherian was a staff nurse and “incredibly caring friend and colleague” on the Acute Assessment Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Read the full story here. She died on April 30 due to Covid-19, aged 63.
The full list: – Augustine Obaro, GP Dr Obaro, 63, died on January 1 after years of service working as a GP at Addison Road Medical Practice in Walthamstow, London. A father of four, Dr Obaro moved to the UK in 1999 from Nigeria and Waltham Forest Clinical Commissioning Group said he will be “sadly missed”. – Bridget Palmer, nurse Bridget Palmer, a staff nurse at Clitheroe Community Hospital, died on December 29 after contracting coronavirus, a spokesman for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) said.
Lancashire s coronavirus death toll rises by 13
THIRTEEN people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in Lancashire’s hospitals, the latest data has shown. Of those 13 deaths, nine were recorded with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, which among others operates Chorley General. The trust has now reported a total of 531 deaths. The fatalities were announced after several days of a reprieve in death reports from the trust, unlike around the rest of the county were numbers have been spiking in recent days. The East Lancashire Hospitals trusts – which operates the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General – has reported double figures in the last two days.
TRIBUTES have been paid to a nurse who has died from coronavirus. Bridget Palmer had worked for the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust for eight years and spent her life caring for those in need. Kevin McGee, Chief Executive, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust said: It is with deep sadness that I share with you the devastating news that we have tragically lost a valued member of the East Lancashire Hospitals Trust family to coronavirus. Bridget Palmer, who passed away from COVID-19 on December 29, had dedicated her life and career to helping and caring for her patients. “Bridget, a registered nurse, began her nursing career 40 years ago in Zimbabwe, South Africa.
Bridget Palmer, a nurse from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, has died from Covid-19 Source: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
The chief executive of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has paid tribute to a “most treasured” nurse who has died from Covid-19.
Kevin McGee said it was “deep sadness” that he was announcing the death of staff nurse Bridget Palmer, who had worked for the trust since 2012. Ms Palmer, a wife and mother to two children, died on 29 December from Covid-19.
She began her nursing career 40 years ago in Zimbabwe and spent time caring for patients in different parts of the world before joining the NHS.
At least 211 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus.
Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11.
This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients.
The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.