Couple marry in Madrid hospital and nurses organise ceremony
Saturday, February 6, 2021 @ 6:52 PM
A COUPLE admitted to a Madrid hospital with Covid-19 have been married on their ward, with nurses helping to organise the ceremony.
Seize the (big) day: Fernando, 70, proposed to Rosario, 62, via WhatsApp after they were placed in separate wards, and nurses worked hard to make their wedding as special as possible (photo: Screenshot from news broadcast on TeleMadrid)
Rosario, 62 and Fernando, 70, had caught Coronavirus from the son they have in common and were admitted to La Paz hospital on January 23, both with a dry cough and a temperature of 39ºC.
They were then transferred to the Isabel Zendal hospital, where they were in separate rooms.
Both are expected to recover, although Fernando is on oxygen.
Whilst they were apart in the hospital, Fernando sent Rosario a WhatsApp message, proposing to her after 14 years together – and Rosario, of course, accepted.
Nurses decorated Fernando's room and helped arrange a priest to give the ceremony via Zoom, and remained in the ward to act as witnesses.
Rosario was then wheeled in and, after the 'I do', the bride and groom kissed, cut the cake the nurses had organised for them, and the new 'Mrs Fernando' threw the bouquet staff had ordered in.
One of the nurses, who is as yet unmarried, caught it.
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