A coronavirus patient who was on the same hospital ward as his wife of more than half a century hopes to get home to see her on Monday, saying they have “never been apart”.
Jim Tierney, 85, and his wife May, 83, ended up in separate rooms on a coronavirus ward at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.
The couple were taken to hospital more than a fortnight ago after Jim collapsed at home.
Now sitting by his hospital bed no longer wearing an oxygen mask, he said: “The treatment has been first class.
"I feel really good now – I’m wanting home to see the wife.
"She was two doors down or something but she’s at home now.”
Jim revealed May visited him while she was still in hospital but since she was discharged he is unable to have visitors.
He added: “We’ve been together 50-odd years. We’ve never been apart.”
