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Coronavirus: Nurse Areema Nasreen dies with Covid-19 | Coronavirus: Nurse Areema Nasreen dies with Covid-19 |
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A nurse with coronavirus has died after spending weeks in intensive care. | A nurse with coronavirus has died after spending weeks in intensive care. |
Areema Nasreen, 36, had been on a ventilator at Walsall Manor Hospital where she also worked. | Areema Nasreen, 36, had been on a ventilator at Walsall Manor Hospital where she also worked. |
The death of the mother-of-three has been confirmed to the BBC by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust's chief executive Richard Beeken. | The death of the mother-of-three has been confirmed to the BBC by Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust's chief executive Richard Beeken. |
Mr Beeken said they had hoped to take Ms Nasreen off the ventilator as she had started to show signs of improvement but she then deteriorated. | Mr Beeken said they had hoped to take Ms Nasreen off the ventilator as she had started to show signs of improvement but she then deteriorated. |
Speaking to Sky News early last week, Ms Nasreen's sister Kazeema, 22, said her normally fit and health sister had been on annual leave when she first started showing symptoms. | |
Fellow nurse Rubi Aktar has paid tribute to Ms Nasreen on social media: "She was the most loveliest, genuine person you could ever meet, she went above and beyond for everyone she met. | |
"I am so broken that words can't explain. I can't believe I will not see your smile again." | "I am so broken that words can't explain. I can't believe I will not see your smile again." |
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