Blackburn, United Kingdom
International Women's Day NHS Portraits
Sheeba Philip, 44, a Stroke Nurse Consultant at East Lancashire NHS Trust poses for a portrait ahead of International Women's Day at The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in north west England, Britain, March 3, 2021. Picture taken March 3, 2021. "During this Covid I lost my mum as well. And when she was in those last moments of her life, it was very difficult for me to step into the two roles. I knew as a nurse what I should be doing, that end of time was coming and she would not make it so as a nurse I very well knew the outcome of the Covid having contracted her. But at the same time, as a daughter I did not want to let go of it, I just wanted her to hold onto the last straw. I wanted to say and scream at the top of my voice 'no don’t, I don’t want her to go'." Philip said. REUTERS/Hannah McKay