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Frontline nurses had 'tough but rewarding' time on Covid wards

Lecturers redeployed during height of coronavirus outbreak

One of the nurses who treated patients in the Covid wards at Noble's Hospital says it was a 'tough but rewarding' experience.

Niall Quayle usually works as a nurse lecturer at the Keyll Darree training facility, but was redeployed to the frontline during the height of the outbreak on the Isle of Man.

It comes during the Year of the Nurse, when many events planned locally to celebrate those in nursing had to be cancelled as a result of coronavirus restrictions.

Speaking with Sian Cowper, Mr Quayle says he's proud to have helped during the pandemic:

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