THE grand nephew of Maryhill nurse Louisa Jordan has said the family was "touched" that an emergency Covid-19 hospital in Glasgow was named in her honour.
Murray Crone said it was pleasing that his grand aunty had been chosen to represent the NHS workers and volunteers "doing their utmost" to treat patients battling the virus.
NHS Louisa Jordan was officially opened today at Glasgow's SEC but it is hoped the facility will not be used.
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Mr Crone, who is from the north east of Fife, said: "The members of our family have been very touched by the dedication, as we have been familiar with her story for many years.
"It is so pleasing that she would be chosen now as a representative of all the volunteers in the Scottish Women’s Hospital during WW1, coping with a Typhus epidemic in Serbia.
"And, of course, also representing all the present day medical workers doing their utmost at this time, fighting against Covid-19."
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Willie Rennie, Liberal Democrat leader and Mr Crone's constituency MSP, said: "We all hope that this extra intensive care capacity won't have to be called on at all, but it is reassuring that is there.
"I know my constituent Murray Crone is delighted that his great aunt Louisa Jordan has been recognised by the government.”
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