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Wishaw NHS heroes should be honoured

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Published date19 January 2022
Publication titleWishaw Press
Gillian Keeper nominated the hospital's Adult Critical Care Unit for the charity Covid Aid's #CovidHeroes Award for the work staff did while her husband Justin was fighting for his life after he was admitted with coronavirus in March last year

Despite a brave two-week fight, dadof-two Justin, 47, passed away leaving behind Gillian and their two daughters - Darcie, 17, and Morgan, 22.

Gillian told the Wishaw Press: "We all caught Covid in March 2021, but Justin was the only one taken into hospital.

"After five days he was put into a Covid ward. He was then taken into the adult critical care ward.

"Unfortunately, because of the situation, we couldn't get in to see him, but from our point of view the team at the hospital told us to call anytime and there were days when we could speak to him or see him through Skype.

"Justin was there for six or seven days; they were trying everything they could to help him and were trying various medication.

"His kidneys had started to fail, but we still thought we would get him back out.

"We were then told he would be put into an induced coma and he would be put on a ventilator; he was very ill.

"This is where I really felt the hospital staff came into their own; the doctors and nurses seemed to be working non-stop but were always on the end of the phone.

"They must have been doing it with dozens of other families like ours."

While Justin - who had no preexisting health problems - was in a coma, Gillian and her family were kept in constant contact. But as his condition deteriorated, Justin's family had to prepare for the worst.

"He was put onto his front to help his breathing and he couldn't speak so the nurses held the phone up to him and I would speak to him just about the usual day-to-day things," said Gillian.

"They also put on music for him to listen to. I even took in balloons for his birthday and he was delighted...

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