UK: Nurse who nearly died from Covid sues NHS for negligence

Rebecca Firth, 42, is seeking damages from Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust for allegedly failing to provide her with adequate PPE

A nurse who nearly died from Covid-19 is suing the NHS for negligence and failing to provide her with proper personal protective equipment (PPE).

Rebecca Firth spent 21 days in intensive care and almost a month on a ventilator, after suffering three cardiac arrests, sepsis and multiple organ failure as a result of coronavirus.

The 42-year-old was left so weakened she needed a wheelchair to leave when she was eventually discharged from hospital.

Ms Firth is now seeking damages from Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, saying she caught the virus from patients at Dewsbury and District Hospital in March 2020, near the start of pandemic
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