A paramedic has shared an emotional video explaining how a patient she was treating spat on her in a lockdown assault that left her feeling ‘contaminated, broken and defeated’. Tracy Higginbottom was spat on while taking a young woman to hospital in an ambulance during a night shift in North Cornwall. Ms Higginbottom, who has … Read more
A paramedic has shared an emotional video explaining how a patient she was treating spat on her in a lockdown assault that left her feeling ‘contaminated, broken and defeated’. Tracy Higginbottom was spat on while taking a young woman to hospital in an ambulance during a night shift in North Cornwall. Ms Higginbottom, who has … Read more
An NHS paramedic who was shamed by cruel trolls for wearing a full face of make-up in a work selfie at the height of the pandemic, has been hailed an ‘inspiration’ and told to ‘ignore the nasty’ comments. Laura Heath, 24, from Staffordshire, shared a viral snap of herself on Twitter in March that racked more than … Read more
A female paramedic says she relives being stabbing ‘every time I close my eyes’ after an attacker knifed her and a colleague as they responded to a 999 call. Mother-of-three Deena Evans, 39, was stabbed once in the chest and fellow medic Michael Hipgrave , 51, was slashed across his back during an incident at … Read more
Paramedic Lucy Fitton, 22, has just returned to work after suffering from ‘severe’ coronavirus A paramedic who spent weeks recovering from a ‘severe’ bout of coronavirus has bravely returned to work on the frontline in the fight against the killer bug. Lucy Fitton, 22, from Birmingham, said she is ‘lucky to be alive’ after contracting … Read more
A leading eye doctor who had warned of the ‘serious’ danger posed by coronavirus is the latest frontline NHS worker to die from the killer disease. Opthalmologist Dr Paul Kabasele, 58, was also a church pastor and highlighted the severity of the pandemic to his congregation in an online video. He died at King’s College … Read more
The family of a young paramedic who has was found dead at her home have today paid tribute to their ‘precious special daughter’. Charlotte Cope qualified as a paramedic just two years ago and was based in Gelli, Rhondda, South Wales before her sudden death at home in the Rhondda Valley. Her grieving parents parents … Read more
A paramedic received a standing ovation and had his weekly shop paid for by kind customers at a supermarket, after he finished a 12-hour night shift helping coronavirus patients David Tillyer, 35, says he was ‘touched’ by the good deed from shoppers at Lidl in Cromer, Norfolk, which he visited at 8am Wednesday. The paramedic, … Read more
Tear-jerking moment paramedic is overwhelmed with emotion when her entire street comes out to applaud her on way to work Ambulance worker Tayla Porter, 22, was leaving her Basingstoke home for a shift Her mother Ali had asked her neighbours to surprise Tayla as she left at 4pm The residents were due to join in … Read more
‘It’s only a matter of time before you are in contact with the virus’: NHS Paramedic is ‘evicted over text’ by his landlady and told to get an ‘Airbnb’ because she ‘fears she could catch coronavirus from him’ South Western Ambulance paramedic Joseph Hoar shared the text on Twitter His landlady tells him to move out … Read more