A grandmother has become the first serving NHS midwife to die in the UK after testing positive forLynsay Coventry, 54, died on Thursday after she tested positive for Covid-19 at Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust. She had been a long-standing member of the maternity team at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust .
‘We each know how much she loved and cherished us. Her love for us all was unfailing and her strength in the way she cared and supported us will fill our memories.‘What we also know is how proud she was to be an NHS midwife. Lynsay followed her dream and trained as a midwife later in life. It was a role she committed herself to and saw the midwifery team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital as her other family.
He continued: ‘Lynsay has been a midwife at PAHT for 10 years and her loss will be felt by the maternity team and colleagues from across the organisation.‘Lynsay had tested positive for Covid-19 and died on Thursday . She followed national guidance and self-isolated at home when she developed symptoms, and was not at work in the time before her death. Our thoughts are with Lynsay’s family and friends at this sad time.
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Are we taking tabs.. first doctor..first nurse..first midwife first radiographer..first physio..give it a rest pls
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