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Birmingham care home nurse dies of suspected Covid-19 | Birmingham care home nurse dies of suspected Covid-19 |
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Relatives of a care home nurse who died after having symptoms of Covid-19 say she was dedicated to helping people. | |
Elsie Sazuze fell ill at home in Birmingham before being taken to Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield where she died on Tuesday. | Elsie Sazuze fell ill at home in Birmingham before being taken to Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield where she died on Tuesday. |
Her husband Ken, who is training to be a nurse, said she told him before she was put on a ventilator to be "strong and to stay strong for the kids". | Her husband Ken, who is training to be a nurse, said she told him before she was put on a ventilator to be "strong and to stay strong for the kids". |
Mr Sazuze said he believed his wife would "pull through". | Mr Sazuze said he believed his wife would "pull through". |
He said she had called him just before she was about to be put on a ventilator. | He said she had called him just before she was about to be put on a ventilator. |
"She started telling me, 'Ken, if I don't come back be strong, I love you, be strong for the kids'," he said. | "She started telling me, 'Ken, if I don't come back be strong, I love you, be strong for the kids'," he said. |
"I was like, 'no, no, no don't tell me that. I don't want you to start telling me that in a negative way... we will be all right'. | "I was like, 'no, no, no don't tell me that. I don't want you to start telling me that in a negative way... we will be all right'. |
"She said, 'I'm just telling you in case'." | "She said, 'I'm just telling you in case'." |
Mr Sazuze said his wife of 24 years, who had trained and worked at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, could not have visitors, like other suspected coronavirus patients. | Mr Sazuze said his wife of 24 years, who had trained and worked at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, could not have visitors, like other suspected coronavirus patients. |
She understood the risks of working on the front line but was happy to help people, he added. | She understood the risks of working on the front line but was happy to help people, he added. |
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