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The first nurse in Ireland to tragically lose her life to coronavirus has been named as Beena George \u2013 a heroic frontline worker who contracted the Covid-19 bug while also suffering from cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 58-year-old had worked as a nurse for ten years at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and sadly died from the horrible virus on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is believed Beena contracted the virus in March when she first had pneumonia while undergoing treatment for stage-4 cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was immediately admitted to Drogheda hospital last month to battle the pneumonia which she fought for 17 days and was tested for coronavirus which came back negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She recovered from the pneumonia and was discharged but after spending two days at home, she developed a fever and shortness of breath and was admitted to the hospital again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following another test, Beena tested positive for the killer bug with the hospital informing her husband by call to not come to the hospital and to stay in quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her husband, George, took to Facebook to break the tragic news that he had lost his wife to the cruel virus. The couple hail from the Kottayam district of Kerala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dublin Live<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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