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Thomas Harvey was a family man, a father of seven, but in his last moments he was forced apart from them.
The 57-year-old nurse, who had been self-isolating at home with coronavirus symptoms, was found by paramedics who broke down a bathroom door to reach him, but sadly he could not be saved. It is impossible to know where exactly he was infected. But Harvey, the fifth NHS worker to die during this outbreak, reportedly told his wife he had been treating patients at Goodmayes hospital in Ilford equipped only with "a flimsy apron, and no mask". He had devoted his life to the NHS, his daughter Tamira said and she felt he had been let down.
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