Village rocked by death of nurse from Covid-19 as husband rushed to hospital

Bernie McAndrew, a nurse from Belmullet, Co Mayo. Picture: Family handout/PA

Bernie McAndrew, a nurse from Belmullet, Co Mayo. Picture: Family handout/PA

Tue, 12 Jan, 2021 - 14:17
James Ward, PA

Residents of a small village watched in horror as a popular local nurse who died of Covid-19 was taken away by hearse, just as an ambulance arrived to take her husband to hospital.

Popular nurse Bernie McAndrew and her husband Ian, from Belmullet in Co Mayo, both contracted the coronavirus last week.

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