A family whose elderly father died in recent days from the coronavirus has described his funeral as “heartbreaking”, particularly so as their mother is currently suffering from Covid-19 in a nursing home. One of their sons, Jake McGroddy (50), said their father became very sick after contracting the virus and had not been conscious in his last days. Nell McGroddy remains in a serious condition in the nursing home with the virus, Jake McGroddy says. Dominic McGroddy (56), the eldest son, said the restricted funeral was a “heartbreaking” day, given their mother was still fighting the virus. As the nursing home is in lockdown, the family were not able to be by their father’s bedside when he died.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2020 19:03 UTC