Chilling Breathtaking scene shows sobbing NHS doctors turning off the life support of a young nurse who died from the virus in new three-part ITV drama that has divided the nation

Hauntingly realistic scenes in tonight's Breathtaking episode depict medics being confronted over the disastrous Covid discharge policy, which is blamed for killing thousands of care home residents. In ITV's gripping three-part drama illustrating the horrors NHS workers endured in the pandemic, Dr Abbey Henderson is forced to send an elderly man back into the struggling care sector without testing him. It is Dr Henderson's responsibility to then share the news among staff The first episode, which aired Monday, saw young healthcare assistant Divina start to show signs of having Covid when caring for patients. Although Downton Abbey star Froggatt's character is made-up, the powerful scripts in the drama are not Data from the Office for National Statistics shows there were more than 43,000 fatalities in care homes in England and Wales that involved Covid in the first two years of the pandemic On April 2, 2020, Government guidance setting out restrictions on care home visiting is published. But in a heartbreaking video call home, her teenage son accuses of her of abandoning her family to 'look after everyone else's' Breathtaking is adapted from a memoir of the same name, authored by NHS palliative care doctor Dr Rachel Clarke.