A critical care nurse from Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor has spoken about how hospital patients and staff have benefitted from money that was raised by Captain Sir Tom Moore and his supporters.
Captain Tom, who became a national hero after he raised almost £33 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden during the first lockdown, died on Tuesday.
Nikki Jones, a hospital ward manager at Ysbyty Gwynedd, appeared on the ITV Lunchtime News to speak about the impact Captain Tom has had on the hospital where she works.
She said: “The health board received over £200,000 of the money that Captain Tom managed to raise and the major impact that we’ve all felt both as professionals and the community is the lack of patient visiting, particularly when our patients are so sick and their relatives are so scared.
“The money raised has helped to provide psychological support for the staff and also iPads so their relatives can communicate with the patients.”
When asked by news presenter Nina Hossain what sort of psychological support staff have received, she said: “Some counselling, some therapy, because they need to sort things through.
“It’s something that we find extremely difficult, it’s something that goes against everything we believe in as nurses. And the lack of relative presence when patients are so sick, passing away at times, is really, really hard.”
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To watch the video visit: https://www.itv.com/news/2021-02-03/critical-care-nurse-tells-how-captain-sir-tom-moores-fundraising-helped-hospital-patients-and-staff
