Bristol family fund new ventilator at Southmead in memory of dad who died from coronavirus The family of a man from Hanham who died from coronavirus last year have raised over £7,250 towards a new ventilator for the Intensive Care Unit at North Bristol NHS Trust. Steve Gay, 64, died on 12 May after five weeks at Southmead Hospital. Although his wife was able to be by his side when he passed, his children had to say goodbye over FaceTime. Last month, he would have celebrated his 65th birthday. His family say he was a healthy man with no underlying health conditions but were told by doctors he had one of the worst cases of the virus they’d seen. Since losing Steve, his loved ones have been determined to raise money through donations from the public to help provide a piece of life-saving equipment for other patients admitted to the same unit, where he spent the last few weeks of his life.
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