A family have told of the heartbreaking moment they had to say goodbye to a woman who died after contracting coronavirus. Lindsay Marshall, from Rochdale, died on Saturday, two weeks after being admitted to hospital She was 44.
Her sister Karen said Lindsay, who had a thyroid condition and asthma, had been self-isolating after developing symptoms of Covid-19.
However, on March 22, she started to feel unwell and was taken to Fairfield General Hospital in Bury. Three days later, she was sedated and transferred to the intensive care unit at Royal Oldham Hospital.
Just before the sedation, Lindsay sent a text message to her sister and this was the last she heard from her. Devastated Karen told our sister title Lancs Live: "She had been