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Community raising funds for London, Ont., nurse as family battles COVID-19 in hospital
COVID-19 in hospital.A GoFundMe page is raising funds to support Amber*, who requested to not use her real name for privacy reasons.The nurse, who is in her early 20s and works on a COVID-19 unit at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), has quarantined alone at home for the past two weeks, hoping for her family to recover and come home soon.“I can’t sleep, I can’t really function well at the moment,” Amber told 980 CFPL.“It’s been quite the rollercoaster.” COVID-19: Fundraiser aims to support Ontario essential workers without paid sick leave Her brother, aged 24, and her mother who is in her 50s are both in the ICU.“They have ventilators going, they’re sedated and they’re not able to talk to me.”Her father, who is also in his 50s, is