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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Aaliyah Rugg

Man buried on 52nd birthday after family told he only had 48 hours

A man was buried on his 52nd birthday after his wife was called and told he only had 48 hours left to live.

Ian Ward lost his life when he contracted Covid-19 when he went into hospital in February 2020 for gallstones treatment. Ian sadly caught pneumonia and covid and never returned home and died April 2, 2020, alone on a ward due to the Covid-19 restrictions leaving behind his heartbroken family.

Grieving families, like Ian's have now come together to say their loved ones were not just a number and will not be forgotten.

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