‘They just didn’t care’: woman who lost her mum on day of No 10 party
Jackie Green's mother died from Covid on 18 December last year, after months of them both following the rules
At 1.20am on 18 December last year, Jackie Green got a call from the hospital where her 86-year-old mother, Beryl Harris, had contracted Covid on the ward. And they were calling to tell me she had passed away," Green said, her voice breaking as she spoke. When I put the phone down I just sat and howled. The pain was just incredible. Mum was my only relative."
After the call ended, she said, I just sat there. I couldn't move for probably two hours." Friends called but nobody can say anything or do anything to make it feel any better. Her death just seemed so unnecessary, and pointless." Green, who lives on her own, spent the evening of the 18th - and Christmas - alone at home.
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