Jane Murphy's funeral cortege took place on Thursday.Jane Murphy's funeral cortege took place on Thursday.
Jane Murphy's funeral cortege took place on Thursday.

Moving pictures capture Edinburgh NHS staff paying respects to former colleague Jane Murphy as her funeral passes A&E

The funeral for Edinburgh NHS worker Jane Murphy, who died after contracting Covid-19, has taken place in the city today.

The 73-year-old clinical support worker, who worked at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and was affectionately known as ‘Ma Murphy,’ died on April 16th. Here are some moving pictures from today’s funeral cortege which left from Lime Grove in Mayfield and travelled to the A&E department at the hospital, enabling staff to pay their last respects, before heaing to the crematorium at Mortonhall.

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