Muere Betty, la enfermera que rechazó jubilarse para combatir al Covid yucatan.com.mx - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yucatan.com.mx Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
ER Nurse of 50 Years who Refused to Retire Dies of COVID-19
Betty Grier Gallagher was never the type to slow down, according to family and friends. Having been a nurse for over 50 years, she’d seen the highs and lows of nursing, but the COVID-19 pandemic was a different beast.
When the coronavirus first began to spread, Betty’s colleagues urged her to stay home, but she couldn’t sit still while her friends were risking their lives in the ER. Instead of retiring, she stayed on until she fell ill with COVID-19, before finally losing her life to the disease. Now, her former colleagues are singing her praises to make sure her sacrifice isn’t forgotten.
A nurse for 50 years refused to retire when the pandemic began. She later died from Covid-19
After more than 50 years as an emergency room nurse, Betty Grier Gallagher had more than earned the right to retire. But according to those who knew and loved her, she just couldn’t. She cared that much.
Gallaher worked the night shift at Alabama’s Coosa Valley Medical Center her preference, her son said, so she could mentor younger nurses. Known around the hospital as “Miss Betty,”she loved to be their sounding board, personal therapist and “work mom.”
She’d make sure everyone she worked with was fed every night. She cared for her patients the same way she cared for her family and her coworkers, who became family themselves. She was, according to her loved ones, everyone’s favorite nurse.
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Mom who lost her son tries to change Alabamaâs workersâ comp law
Mom who lost her son tries to change Alabamaâs workersâ comp law By Jonathan Hardison | December 15, 2020 at 8:17 PM CST - Updated December 16 at 2:29 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - âGosh itâs so hard,â says Connie Hay, describing the process of remembering her son, Mason Spurlin, and facing her second Christmas without him.
Connie watched Mason drive away from their home and on his way to work on September 3, 2019, having no idea it was the last time they would ever speak.
Mason drove to work at J&M Tank Lines in Sylacauga that day, where heâd just started working back in mid-July - less than two months before.