Northern Ireland military assistance operation in pandemic named after female nurse

Belfast City Hospital was one of three hospitals in Northern Ireland where the military assisted. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA

The military’s recent assistance at hospitals on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic in Northern Ireland was named after a female nurse, it has emerged.

Some 110 combat medical technicians (CMTs) were deployed to the region in January as hospitals struggled to cope with the post-Christmas surge in Covid-19 cases.