The family of a tot forced to spend Christmas in hospital undergoing chemotherapy have hailed the 'amazing' staff caring for her.
06.12.2021 - 07:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
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Staff nurse Gavin Ayre, 52, has worked at St John’s Hospital in Livingston for 17 years.
He worked on a general medicine ward but it was transformed into a Covid assessment ward at the peak of the pandemic.
He said: “The whole thing was a mess; nobody knew what they were doing. The whole thing was pretty much nurse led.”
Against this chaotic background,
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