Tributes to frontline NHS hero who died just months before his wedding

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An heroic NHS worker praised for having a "heart of gold" has died months before he was to wed his partner of 10 years.David Yuill grafted on the front lines throughout lockdown as a COVID vaccinator in Lanarkshire's Alistair McCoist Complex and Fernhill Community Centre.He previously cared for the elderly at the Royal Infirmary and devoted himself to charity including local food banks, the Red Cross and Pride Glasgow.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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He reluctantly answered his mum's pleas to go to hospital on January 17 and passed away just two days later.His mum Catherine Yuill, a director for a baby bank, told Lanarkshire Live of the "gut-wrenching" moment she was told her son was receiving end-of-life care and would not make it.David with his partner Scott, who he met 10 years agoShe told us: "It was so quick and unexpected.

We all just crumbled."I never thought for a moment he wouldn't come home. I just asked the doctors, 'where is he?'"I still didn't think it would happen and I was clinging on to that little bit of hope that he would