

“They put him in an induced coma and they told me he was starting to get organ failure. “He was in hospital in Blackburn for the last three weeks, he was in intensive care on oxygen.

“We both had it at the same time but obviously he had a worse strain than I did. “He was double jabbed, he wore his mask, he used hand gel, he did everything that was asked of him. Wife of 44 years Diane, who was at David’s bedside when he passed away, said both of them were diagnosed with Covid at the end of October despite being double jabbed.ĭavid, who worked on the railways for 45 and a half years and worked on the last British Rail steam journey in 1968, is survived by wife Diane, son Martin, and granddaughter Lily as well as siblings Alan, Janet and Anne.ĭiane said: “He was up to date with his injections. A man who was described as a ‘quiet gentleman’ died after being diagnosed with Covid - despite being fully vaccinated.ĭavid Greenhalgh, of Westwood Street, Accrington, died of Covid induced pneumonia, on November 15 at Royal Blackburn Hospital at the age of 73.
