A British nurse has revealed the toll the coronavirus has taken on her and other medics fighting at the front lines.

Frankie Creedy, from Taunton in Somerset, said her mask is so tightly fitted on her face that it starts hurting her just one hour into her 12-hour shift.

Frankie added that she burst into tears after caring for patients who had tested positive for the virus because she was ‘so scared’ of getting infected.

The nurse, who is a Paediatric at Musgrove Park Hospital, left her family home so as to keep them safe from catching a possible infection from her.

Responding to people who are always complaining about staying at home, Frankie said in an emotional social media post: “Come hang out with me for five minutes…

“I promise you’ll be so scared, you’ll forget you were ever bored.”

So far, 6,000 people have died in the UK due to the coronavirus, while the death toll in Somerset stands at 12 with 260 active cases.

“Did you wake up and cry because you have to stay home another day?” Frankie wrote in her Facebook post. “I woke up and cried because it was my turn to float to the positive floor.”

The nurse said she can’t even drink water at her own volition because she’s not allowed to remove her mask throughout the duty hours.

“Imagine wearing masks so tight to your face that it hurts after hour one, but you still have twelve more to work,” she added.

Frankie said she’s had enough of people who are complaining about not meeting their friends because the patients she works for are “isolated and alone in a hospital bed.”

“Imagine crying your eyes out and having a panic attack at work because everything and everyone is so uncertain,” she wrote in the post.

“Imagine moving out from your home, to protect your loved ones so you can keep going to work only to take care of complete strangers. Stay the F home.”

Medics around the country have been fighting the deadly epidemic amid the increasing shortage of Personal Protective Equipment including face masks.

The Doctors’ Association UK Ltd has claimed that medics caring for the patients without adequate gear and face masks are being told to hold their breath.

Dr. Samantha Batt-Rawden, who is the president of the Doctors’ Association UK, told The Guardian: “Lack of personal protective equipment continues to be a critical issue.

“It is heartbreaking to hear that some staff have been told to simply ‘hold their breath,’ due to a lack of masks.”

 

 

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