MLA fights back tears as he recounts how Altnagelvin nurses sang to dying man and held his hand as family say goodbye to their father and husband after battle with Covid-19

SDLP MLA for West Tyrone, Daniel McCrossan, fought back tears in the Assembly in Stormont this afternoon after he recounted nurses in Altnagelvin Area Hospital held the hand of a dying man and sang to him as his wife and three children said goodbye to him over the phone.
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