Murdo Fraser said his mother died alone and 'without family contact' during the Covid pandemic.
A senior Tory MSP has spoken about how his mother died alone and “without family contact” in a care home during the Covid pandemic.
Mr Fraser said: “People like me and my family who lost loved ones due to Covid, and suffered as a result of lockdown restrictions, deserve the truth.” Writing in the Scotsman, he said: “Others might take a different view to me, but in the case of our own family I would rather have been able to see, hold and chat to my mother in what would turn out to be the last few weeks of her life, even if it did carry with it a risk of infection, rather than see her die alone and without family contact.He added: “I know what my mother’s view on that balance of risk would have been, but neither she nor we were ever in a position to make that choice.
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