Ailbhe's story
When Coronavirus took hold of England in March, the life of Ailbhe Kiely, trainee surgeon from Stoke-on-Trent, changed dramatically. The trainee surgeon, who would usually spend most of her afternoons in theatre, was re-deployed to the coronavirus frontline.
Although waiting rooms were initially eerily quiet as people tried to stay away from hospitals, it wasn’t long before patients started appearing at the emergency ward with COVID-19.
And then the Irish surgeon picked up a severe flu-like illness.