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Radio Leicester,5 mins

Kirstie Hill - Saving lives in lockdown

Breakfast on BBC Radio Leicester

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Kirstie Hill an Intensive Care Nurse at University Hospitals of Leicester describes how coming back to work at the start of the Covid-19 crisis felt like stepping into a completely different world. She compares the experience to the 'Upside Down' an opposite and darker dimension which is from the Netflix series Stranger Things. The nurse remembers how elated she was after receiving a pair of Hello Kitty scrubs made from an old bed sheet. Hear the audio diaries and stories from Leicestershire’s NHS workers sharing how they coped during the coronavirus pandemic, to celebrate the 72nd birthday of the NHS.

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