An NHS doctor has shared a powerful photo which lays bare the devastating reality of treating coronavirus patients and serves as a moving plea for people to self isolate.
Natalie Silvey, an anaesthetic registrar working in London, posted an exhausted selfie on Twitter yesterday evening showing her face covered in red and purple marks.
The bruises were left by the protective mask that she - and thousands of other health workers across the world - must wear for hours at a time to safely treat people suffering from the highly contagious disease.
Dr Silvey shared the image at the end of a nine-hour shift working with critically ill patients, saying it had left her feeling “broken”.