Nurse Rosario Walshe with the hospitalâs remembrance tree mural A SENIOR nurse in a coronavirus ward has said patients told her they did not believe the virus was real. Senior charge nurse Rosario Walshe, who leads the team at Ward A31 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert in the Falkirk Council area, said there has been a “huge spike” in cases recently. The PA news agency was given access to the 32-bed Covid-19 ward where every bed was taken as hospital referrals have doubled since the first wave. Walshe believes a combination of family gatherings at Christmas, people ignoring guidelines and the new rapidly-spreading variant is behind the rise.
Nurse stunned after patients in hospital ward thought Covid was a hoax
Senior charge nurse Rosario Walshe spoke of the huge spike in recent cases at the Scottish hospital
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A senior nurse in a coronavirus ward has said patients told her they did not believe the virus was real.
Senior charge nurse Rosario Walshe leads the team at Ward A31 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert in the Falkirk Council area and said there has been a “huge spike” in cases recently.
The PA news agency was given access to the 32-bed Covid-19 ward where every bed was taken as hospital referrals have doubled since the first wave.
Ms Walshe believes a combination of family gatherings at Christmas, people ignoring guidelines and the new rapidly-spreading variant is behind the rise.
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