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Nurse's moving letter to those with loved-ones in hospital with coronavirus

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A nurse has written a moving letter to those with loved ones ­hospitalised due to coronavirus. She tells them: “We gave up the luxury of social distancing so we can hold their hands.” Rebecca Heseltine, 25, who works on the acute medical unit at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, South London, has seen six die in a single day on her 54-bed ward and has to regularly bar distraught visitors from seeing sick relatives.

She said: “We are seeing fast deterioration and deaths with tiny windows for relatives to say goodbye, or not at all. I wrote this hoping it would resonate with someone.” Rebecca's letter in full To you.

Please know that we remember you. Know that we are thinking of you. Know that we don’t mind, and that you aren’t bothering us

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