Harrowing video shows the reality Covid-19 patients and nurses endure in Sydney’s Liverpool Hospital

Shattering video reveals the horrifying reality Covid-19 patients endure in hospital serving one of Sydney’s hotspots – as staff say ‘the worst day is every day’

• Footage captured inside Liverpool Hospital shows nurses in the Covid-19 ward
• The video titled ‘The Hardest of Days’ highlights the horrific reality of Covid
• As patients are dying without their family by their side, and nurses risk their lives 

By Tom Sargeant For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 15:36 BST, 1 September 2021 | Updated: 15:36 BST, 1 September 2021

Distressing footage taken inside south-west Sydney’s Covid ground zero shows the reality endured by infected patients, as exhausted nurses say ‘the worst day is every day’.

The video titled ‘The Hardest of Days’ was posted to Liverpool Hospital’s Facebook page, capturing staff treating terminally ill patients, sharing their horrific experiences working in the Covid-19 ward.

In one harrowing scene, nurses fully clad in multiple layers of face masks and medical gowns attempt to help a clearly weak patient stand.

The video titled ‘The Hardest of Days’ shows nurses and struggling patients in Liverpool Hospital’s Covid-19 ward

‘The worst day is every day,’ Jenny Wallace, the Nurse Unit Manager of Liverpool’s Respiratory Ward said. 

‘Every day you are assisting patients that are struggling to breathe, that are away from their families and are only there with the nurses and doctors who are there to support them.’ 

But despite the challenges, the manager spoke very highly of her staff, even through the incredibly tough period the Covid-19 hotspot has endured.

‘They show nothing but their strength, their commitment, their resilience, and compassion,’ Ms Wallace said. 

Dr Jonathan Williamson, Respiratory Staff Specialist at Liverpool Hospital spoke about patients who didn’t survive, succumbing to the virus without their family by their side.

The footage shows nurses helping terminally ill patients, as Covid leaves them alone and without their families (pictured, nurses on the ward at Liverpool Hospital)

In the video, officials from the hospital urge NSW residents to get vaccinated, claiming the different between those who did and didn’t receive the jab is like ‘chalk and cheese’

‘I have unfortunately looked after a number of patients who haven’t made it,’ Dr Williamson said.  

‘With dying patients, we like to be in there with them and hold their hands and have their families with them.

‘Often I’m holding a telephone while they are speaking their last words to their family.’

Dr Williamson reminded viewers of the importance of getting vaccinated against Covid, claiming that the different between those who did and didn’t get the jab is like ‘chalk and cheese’.

‘Vaccinated patients just don’t get as sick. Get yourself vaccinated and listen to the public health advice,’ Dr Williamson said.

Ms Wallace followed his sentiment, urging residents to ‘pull up their sleeves and get the jab’.

Nurses in Liverpool Hospital are having to hold phones up to patients, talking to family they are unable to see before they die

‘They need to protect themselves and their loved ones and therefore they don’t have to join us here on these terrible, difficult days we have,’ Ms Wallace said. 

In NSW there are currently 917 patients hospitalised with Covid-19, and of those 150 are in an intensive care unit.

A worrying 66 of them require a ventilator to breathe.

There have been 156 Covid-related death since the start of the pandemic in NSW, with 100 of those coming since June 16 of this year.

But there is some hope on the horizon, with NSW set to reach a major milestone of 70 per cent of single doses on Wednesday after 148,000 residents rolled up their sleeves for the jab a day earlier.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian expects the target of 70 per cent of people double dosed to be met in mid-October. 

NSW Premier Gladys Berejikilian (pictured) expects the magic number of 70% of residents double jabbed to be met in mid-October 

COVID-19: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW 

What is Covid-19?

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections. These can range from the common cold to more serious diseases.

Covid-19 is a disease caused by a form of coronavirus. 

Other coronaviruses include Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 

What are the symptoms? 

Symptoms of Covid-19 can range from mild illness to pneumonia. 

Some people will recover easily, and others may get very sick very quickly. 

People with coronavirus may experience symptoms such as: 

– fever 

– coughing 

– sore throat 

– shortness of breath

Other symptoms can include runny nose, acute blocked nose (congestion), headache, muscle or joint pains, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, loss of sense of smell, altered sense of taste, loss of appetite and fatigue.

To stop the spread of Covid-19 people with even mild symptoms of respiratory infection should get tested.

Source: Department of Health 

 

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