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The real doctor behind ITV's Breathtaking – 'Caring for my dying colleagues was harrowing'


Dr Rachel Clarke has opened up on her experiences during the coronavirus pandemic as the new ITV series adapted from her book, Breathtaking, has been released this week

Covid journalist turned medic Rachel Clarke has opened up on her real life experience of the pandemic Read MoreRelated Articles Lauren Goodger shares rare snaps of TOWIE star sister to celebrate her 40th birthday Rachel explained she found it so difficult knowing that the health professionals she wrote about had all chosen to put themselves "in the line of fire" at work, because while they weren't facing "bullets" it was still small particles that could "kill them". "What is intolerable is having to turn on your television and hear Matt Hancock or Boris Johnson or Jenny Harries from Public Health England stating categorically that there were no problems with PPE when every single person who works in COVID knows that's a downright lie."

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