‘She was the perfect nurse’ – a husband’s pain as wife Anncha Kepkey dies of Covid-19

Anncha Suzane Kepkey had so much to look forward to: becoming a gran in just two weeks’ time; hanging up her nursing gown in three years’ time; and buying a dream cottage, by the sea, with her dear husband.

But the Cape Town nurse never got to experience these longed-for moments. Instead, she died of the Covid-19 illness in May.

Kepkey, aged 52, was a vastly-experienced nurse and served as Assistant Manager Nursing, Trauma and Emergency Services at Tygerberg Hospital….more

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