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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Olimpia Zagnat

Heartfelt tribute to Eastwood dad, 48, who 'died alone' after waiting in A&E for nine hours

A heartbroken wife said she is left with "unanswered questions" after her husband died without his family at his side in hospital at the height of the Covid pandemic.

Jacob Roche was described as a "very generous" dad of two, who worked in IT and also volunteered for Eastwood Town Juniors for 10 years before he died on December 13, 2020 at the Queen's Medical Centre.

Known by friends and family as Jake, the 48-year-old was moved to the intensive care unit half an hour before his death at 11.30pm that day. That came after previous hospital admissions, and his family say he faced a long wait in A and E each time.

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