An intensive care nurse has recorded a spoken word poem warning of an “apocalyptic situation” for “underfunded, under-prepared and under-protected” NHS staff.
Tori Wills, a sister at Southampton General Hospital’s intensive care unit, posted the video on Facebook “out of frustration” at people not obeying lockdown rules.
Willis told PA: “I wrote the poem out of general frustration at the public still flouting the rules, when my colleagues are putting their lives at risk and working in extremely harsh environments.
I have never shared any of my spoken word, But today, the sun is out, there are still families, still people flouting the rules and I need you to understand how we feel. From an NHS ICU Nurse- ‘Stay Home’*edit* please feel free to share
Posted by Tori Wills on Sunday, April 12, 2020
“All of those experiences are real from both mine and my colleagues’ perspective.
“We aren’t asking for much, just for people to stay at home, help us flatten the curve and cope with our patients, with enough resources and staff.”
In the poem, Wills says: “‘Stay home’ they said as we gown up and glove up, hearts pounding with fear, tired from sleep disturbed by nightmares that are no longer inconceivable.”
