{"id":1245,"date":"2020-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2020-06-12T16:09:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T16:09:05","slug":"lynsay-coventry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1245","title":{"rendered":"Lynsay Coventry"},"content":{"rendered":" <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <p>Lynsay Coventry, 54, was the first serving midwife in England to be killed by the virus on April 2.\r<\/p><p>She had worked at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow, Essex, for ten years and was described by colleagues as a \u201cproud\u201d midwife who was \u201cvery well respected.\u201d\r<\/p><p>Coventry\u2019s family said: \u201cOur hearts are broken at the loss of our loving, wonderful and caring mum, sister, daughter and grandmother. Her love for us all was unfailing and her strength in the way she cared and supported us will fill our memories.\r<\/p><p>\u201cWhat we also know is how proud she was to be an NHS midwife. Lynsay followed her dream and trained as a midwife later in life. It was a role she committed herself to and saw the midwifery team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital as her other family. She was a very well-respected midwife who supported many hundreds of women as they welcomed their babies into the world.\u201d\r<\/p><p>Lance McCarthy, chief executive of the PAH NHS Trust, said Ms Coventry would be remembered for \u201cher professionalism and commitment to the women she supported.\u201d\r<\/p><p>A photograph of colleagues on the maternity unit, lined up with their heads bowed in tribute, was posted on Facebook as friends described her as a \u201cmuch loved\u201d member of the team and a \u201ctrue superhero.\u201d\r<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p>\n \n \n<p><a href=\"\">The Telegraph<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynsay Coventry, 54, was the first serving midwife in England to be killed by the virus on April 2. She had worked at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Harlow, Essex, for ten years and was described by colleagues as a \u201cproud\u201d midwife who was \u201cvery well respected.\u201d Coventry\u2019s family said: \u201cOur hearts are broken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[7019,13],"tags":[168,5560,5559],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7384,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=7384","url_meta":{"origin":1245,"position":0},"title":"Lynsay Coventry, Midwife","date":"April 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Lynsay Coventry \u2013 a Midwife at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, Essex, England \u2013 passed away on 2 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. 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