{"id":1343,"date":"2020-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2020-07-03T21:36:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:06:20","slug":"rebecca-mack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1343","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Mack, Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Rebecca_Mack.jpg?w=810\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Rebecca Mack, 29, Nurse, Newcastle, England \u2013 passed away on 5 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Rebecca was 29 years old..<\/p>\n<p>Ms Mack recently started working for NHS 111, but was previously a children\u2019s cancer nurse and parents of those she once cared for paid tribute to the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Aman Sengal, whose daughter was cared for by Ms Mack in the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, said she was a \u201cselfless person\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA life taken far too soon and that of a selfless person dedicated to others. RIP Becca,\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Another parent, Ashley Oakly, said Ms Mack cared for her son in \u201chis darkest days undergoing cancer treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe still entered the room with a huge smile and a huge heart, truly dedicated to her job and a credit to the unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Writing in a tribute on Facebook, Ms Mack\u2019s best friend said Sarah Bredkin-Kemp: \u201cShe was the most accident-prone, stubborn, chatterbox with a bizarre catchphrase and inappropriate joke for every occasion. Her iconic love of leopard print and statement earrings was rivaled only by Pat Butcher herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe worked hard and made her family proud every single day. She was so proud of her work and so happy to have such amazing work friends. She would spend hours on the phone if you needed a rant and always had a bottle of wine in the fridge for the girls. She knew exactly how to make you laugh. She was fiercely independent and I have no doubt she would have kept achieving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease stay as safe as you possibly can and please make sure your friends know how much you love them. This nightmare isn\u2019t over yet and it really shows that being low risk doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Mack is one of the youngest healthcare workers in the UK to die after contracting Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a>The Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca Mack, 29, Nurse, Newcastle, England \u2013 passed away on 5 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Rebecca was 29 years old.. Ms Mack recently started working for NHS 111, but was previously a children\u2019s cancer nurse and parents of those she once cared for paid tribute to the 29-year-old. Aman Sengal, whose daughter was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[48,7019,13],"tags":[640,641],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Rebecca_Mack.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":354,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=354","url_meta":{"origin":1343,"position":0},"title":"Dr Sanat Dalal, Indore","date":"May 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr Sanat Dalal, 79-year-old surgeon, passed away\u00a0 after suffering from Covid-19. 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