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By Conor Coyle & Zesha Saleem A devastated woman who tragically lost her husband to Covid-19 recounted how she heard him take his last breaths over the phone – while she sat alone in a hospital car park. Describing the experience as “inhumane”, 52-year-old Heather McIlwaine said that she has struggled to come to terms with the harrowing death and the “horrible way” it happened. The mother-of-two, from Lurgan, also said she hoped the UK Covid 19 public inquiry, now sitting in Belfast, will help prevent anyone else from suffering like she did. The inquiry has entered its second week and is quizz…

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