A coronavirus patient died the day after his wife suffered a suspected heart attack from the stress of his hospital admission.
David Morrison, 71, died in Sunderland Royal Hospital on Wednesday - just one day after being told his wife Ann had passed away.
Paul, their son, said his mum had a 'broken heart' as she was worried about David, Chronicle Live reports. He tried to get in touch with his mum on Tuesday after getting a 'horrible feeling' that something was wrong, however he received no response.
The 46-year-old told Chronicle Live: "I was at home working and just stopped, I got this horrible feeling and just had to ring mum and I could not get her hold of her. "She never rang me back and I couldn’t get a hold of her, so I decided to