Pensioner gets married in hospital ward while being treated for COVID Jimmy Nsubuga Patricia, 88, has wed her partner Phillip, 78, at Coventry’s University Hospital on Friday (Hospital/Facebook)
A pensioner has married her long-term partner while being treated for COVID-19.
Patricia, 88, wed Phillip, 78, at Coventry’s University Hospital on Friday.
The couple from Coventry got hitched after staff member Joanna Shakespeare asked for a registrar on Twitter.
A member of Coventry Register Office responded and the pair were then pictured tying the knot while surrounded by nurses.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust described it as an afternoon we won t forget .
Hospital Staff Helps Couple Get Married In The COVID Ward
The coronavirus has destroyed plenty of people s lives and plans for the future, but a couple battling the virus at a hospital in the U.K. watched their wish come true with the help of nurses.
Lizzie Kerr and Simon O Brien were ready to get hitched until they had to put their lives on hold. The British couple contracted COVID-19 and their situation quickly took a turn. We both went in in the same ambulance. They couldn t wait for another one to come pick the other one up, Kerr said
A Sick Couple Rushed To Marry In Covid Ward A Sick Couple Rushed To Marry In Covid Ward Both contracted the disease and were rushed to Milton Keynes University Hospital in the same ambulance when their oxygen levels fell dangerously low.
Lizzie Kerr and Simon O Brien embrace in a COVID-19 ward, days after they married.
Milton Keynes, England:
British couple Elizabeth Kerr and Simon O Brien had been planning to marry in June. Then COVID-19 struck.
Both contracted the disease and were rushed to Milton Keynes University Hospital in the same ambulance when their oxygen levels fell dangerously low.
Kerr and O Brien became so ill that medical staff scrambled to organise a wedding before it was too late. When O Brien s condition got even worse, it was decided he should be transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU).
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