A "dedicated" nurse who left her family in the Caribbeans to pursue her career as a nurse for the NHS has sadly died after contracting coronavirus.
Hannah Jackson, a staff nurse at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent, died suddenly on Sunday, according to a fundraising page set up in her memory.
She is believed to have caught Covid-19 a week and a half ago but was only taken to hospital on Saturday.
She died of a cardiac arrest the next day. Her age is not yet known.
It is understood Ms Jackson, who joined the NHS in 2019, had been sending money to her relatives in Dominica to help them after the disaster of deadly hurricane Laura in August.
A fundraiser has now been launched to raise funds for her family.
Ms Jackson left her family in Dominica "to progress in her career and fulfil a life experience". She worked most recently in the hospital's surgical assessment unit.
Colleagues have described her as a "much loved" and an "amazing lady" with whom there was "never a frown in the room whilst she was around".
A colleague wrote: "Dedicated to Medway hospital it feels only right that we try to help in raising funds and to help her much loved family back in Dominica and give her the send off she deserves so much."
The page had raised more than £4,500 by Tuesday morning.
James Devine, chief executive of Medway NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Hannah was a much-loved colleague who was dedicated to caring for others. She will be greatly missed by all.
"On behalf of everyone here at Medway I would like to offer our sincere condolences to Hannah's friends and family."
Donate to the GoFundMe page here.
