A paramedic couple returning to the UK with their five-week-old daughter after four years living in Abu Dhabi have said travellers should not be used as ‘guinea pigs’. From Monday, UK nationals or residents returning to England from 33 countries will be required to spend 10 days in Government-designated quarantine hotel at a cost of … Read more
A paramedic has told of his luck escape after his parent’s house blew up in a gas explosion when they switched on the oven. Three people – Darren, Alan and Josie Cornish – were taken to hospital after the blast in Traly Close, Bude, Cornwall, and only suffered from shock and minor injuries. One of the trio inside … Read more
A paramedic has shared an emotional video explaining how a patient she was treating spat on her in a lockdown assault that left her feeling ‘contaminated, broken and defeated’. Tracy Higginbottom was spat on while taking a young woman to hospital in an ambulance during a night shift in North Cornwall. Ms Higginbottom, who has … Read more
A leading eye doctor who had warned of the ‘serious’ danger posed by coronavirus is the latest frontline NHS worker to die from the killer disease. Opthalmologist Dr Paul Kabasele, 58, was also a church pastor and highlighted the severity of the pandemic to his congregation. He died at King’s College Hospital on April 24, … Read more
A paramedic who tested positive for COVID-19 has warned it can trigger unusual symptoms after she became infected without suffering a tell-tale cough or high temperature. Kirstine Adkin, 24, has shared a diary she kept during her illness in a bid to make others aware of the less common signs that they may have coronavirus. … Read more
A paramedic who tested positive for COVID-19 has warned that it can trigger some unusual symptoms after she contracted the deadly virus without suffering a cough or high temperature. Kirstine Adkin, 24, said she couldn’t taste raw garlic, ground coffee or cinnamon as symptoms quickly emerged. The NHS medic, from Poole, Dorset, then lost all … Read more
Tear-jerking moment paramedic is overwhelmed with emotion when her entire street comes out to applaud her on way to work Ambulance worker Tayla Porter, 22, was leaving her Basingstoke home for a shift Her mother Ali had asked her neighbours to surprise Tayla as she left at 4pm The residents were due to join in … Read more
‘It’s only a matter of time before you are in contact with the virus’: NHS Paramedic is ‘evicted over text’ by his landlady and told to get an ‘Airbnb’ because she ‘fears she could catch coronavirus from him’ South Western Ambulance paramedic Joseph Hoar shared the text on Twitter His landlady tells him to move out … Read more
‘It’s only a matter of time before you are in contact with the virus’: NHS Paramedic is ‘evicted over text’ by his landlady and told to get an ‘Airbnb’ because she ‘fears she could catch coronavirus from him’ South Western Ambulance paramedic Joseph Hoar shared the text on Twitter His landlady tells him to move out … Read more
Parademic Sarah Higgins wept in court after being cleared of manslaughter charges for the death of baby Skyla Giller, whom herself and partner Martin were fostering A paramedic cleared of killing a baby girl she desperately wanted to adopt says she is finally able to grieve for the daughter she lost. Sarah Higgins, 42, denied … Read more