{"id":7513,"date":"2020-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=7513"},"modified":"2020-05-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=7513","title":{"rendered":"Brian Darlington, Hospital Porter"},"content":{"rendered":" <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Brian_Darlington.jpg?w=810\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <p><p>Brian Darlington &ndash; a Hospital Porter at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leighton, England &ndash; passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 22 May 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brian Darlington was known for handing out sweets to his colleagues as a porter with Mid Cheshire hospitals, where he worked for over 20 years. He died at Leighton hospital after contracting Covid-19, a spokesman for the hospital trust said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>His wife, Ava, said: &ldquo;We were married for 46 years and Brian was a great husband, as well as father and grandfather.&rdquo; The trust&rsquo;s chief executive, James Sumner, said: &ldquo;Brian had dedicated over 20 years to the trust during his NHS career and will be sadly missed by all who knew and worked with him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;He was without doubt a treasured member of the team at Mid Cheshire.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/16\/doctors-nurses-porters-volunteers-the-uk-health-workers-who-have-died-from-covid-19\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?page_id=303\" target=\"_blank\">Please help us in adding details.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/p><p><\/p>\n \n \n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Darlington &ndash; a Hospital Porter at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leighton, England &ndash; passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 22 May 2020. Brian Darlington was known for handing out sweets to his colleagues as a porter with Mid Cheshire hospitals, where he worked for over 20 years. 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