A devastated wife was given just 15 minutes to say goodbye to her husband of 15 years - highlighting the harrowing reality of the coronavirus pandemic.
Caring grandfather and dad-of-four Keith Parker succumbed to the killer bug at Queen's Hospital in Essex in the early hours of Easter Sunday.
Wife Joanna was called just three hours after her partner was rushed into intensive care to be told his condition had significantly worsened, Essex Live reports.
The hospital restricts final goodbyes to just one family member, with Joanna making her way there after doctors told her Keith would likely only live for another few hours.