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Nurse 'terrified' of passing on Covid to patients took her own life, inquest hears

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A 'kind and selfless' nurse who became terrified of passing Covid on to her patients took her own life, an inquest heard. Katie Reynolds was said to have become 'completely overwhelmed' in the pandemic and was waiting to have cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) but due to the outbreak treatment was suspended.

The 26 year-old, who was a registered nurse working in haematology at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, was off sick from work as her fears grew.

She had a series of consultations with her GP surgery in the weeks before she died expressing anxiety around Covid and passing it on to patients.

She described being 'really uptight, not sleeping great, tense and on edge' and feeling 'daunted and frightened' about returning to work.

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