Impact of Covid on the dying and their loved ones | Letter

I felt that we were deprived of quality time together, writes Lesley West, whose husband died this year

Rachel Clarke's article (10 May) resonated with me as it captured completely the effect of the pandemic on the dying. My late husband was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer earlier this year and spent his final two weeks in hospital.

I was allowed" to visit if the permission of a doctor was given, and then had to give a code to enter the hospital. Our time together was increased towards the end, but by then he was often not lucid and did not recognise me.