They didn t die alone, their hand was in my hand : Hospital chaplains describe their work in a pandemic Richard Youle
Father Jason Jones recalls how Catholic nurses would count how many times he coughed during Mass in the early stages of the Covid pandemic.
They didn t want their pillar of support to fall prey to the terrible new disease. They were so worried about how much time I was spending in ITU (intensive care unit), says the Swansea Bay University Health Board chaplain.
Father Jason, as he likes to be known, along with Muslim chaplain Shakirah Mannan have spoken about their work for the health board during a tumultuous 11 months in which families have sometimes been unable to hold their loved ones hand as they passed away.