{UAH} Six more fallen NHS heroes
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Six more fallen NHS heroes: Hospital support worker, 78, who 'refused to retire' and 'loveable' nurse are among latest deaths in health service
- Sophie Fagan, who arrived from India in 1961 aged 16 to begin her nurse training, died on Sunday morning
- Nurse Michael Allieu from the same hospital as Ms Fagan died on Saturday
- A North Staffordshire nurse of more than 40 years has also died
- Along with a 34-year-old domestic supervisor from Northampton Hospital
- And a NHS healthcare assistant from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Norfolk
- Occupational therapist for Medway Community, 58, has also lost his life to virus
- Deaths come as the government is facing increasing pressure to launch a formal probe into the supply of PPE
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A 78-year-old Hospital support worker who 'refused to retire' has died over the weekend after contracting coronavirus.
Sophie Fagan, who arrived from India in 1961 aged 16 to begin her nurse training, died on Sunday morning in The Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, London where she had spent years working.
A second worker at the same hospital acute care nurse Michael Allieu, 53, died the day before Ms Fagan, after contracting the virus.
Sophie Fagan, front row second left, arrived from India in 1961 to begin her nurse training. She has died aged 78 after contracting coronavirus. Picture: Homerton Hospital
Meanwhile a North Staffordshire nurse of more than 40 years has also died from coronavirus.
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust today confirmed the death of Patrick McManus, a nurse at Stafford's County Hospital.
A 34-year-old domestic supervisor from Northampton Hospital, Joanna Klenczon, an NHS healthcare assistant, Chrissie Emerson from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk and a 58-year-old occupational therapist for Medway Community, Vivek Sharma, have also lost their lives as a result of contracting the virus.
Their deaths come as doctors have responded with fury to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Jenny Harries' claim that people are not being 'adult' about PPE supplies amid growing calls for a public inquiry into NHS equipment shortages.
Tributes have flooded in for the latest NHS workers to die from Covid-19.
Homerton Hospital nurse Michael Allieu, who has died after contracting coronavirus
The Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said Sophie Fagan was 'part of the healthcare fabric in Hackney' and Michael was a 'member of the Homerton family'.
CEO Tracey Fletcher said: 'Sophie Fagan was an extraordinary woman and well known across the Homerton site and indeed Hackney for over 50 years.
'Sophie was 78 when she died and still working. She refused to fully retire and although she did reduce her hours she was often to be found meeting relatives and supporting staff in the hospital when she wasn't due to be. Sophie wanted to make a difference and caring for the elderly was her passion.
'Given her energy, enthusiasm and the fact that she was seemingly ever present on the site, it is hard to believe she qualified as an enrolled nurse in the Eastern Hospital, Hackney in 1966.'
Paying tribute to Michael Allieu, Ms Fletcher added: 'Michael was a vibrant, larger than life character on our acute care unit, and was well known and very well liked throughout the hospital. He will be greatly missed by all his colleagues both in the ACU and the wider Homerton Hospital community.
'Our thoughts and condolences are with his family at this sad time.'
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