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    Health Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World
    Health Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World
    Health Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World
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    Health Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World

    By Emily Sharratt

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    Meet the real-life health heroes!

    £1 from the sale of this book will be donated to NHS Charities Together.

    For readers aged 8+, Health Heroes is packed full of true stories of healthcare workers past and present, from all walks of life and from all around the world – from Florence Nightingale and Alexander Fleming to the midwives, doctors, paramedics and carers of today. From famous names to unsung heroes, these are real people being amazing – making new discoveries, putting themselves on the front line, and helping to take care of people in need, in all sorts of ways.

    Beautifully illustrated, and brimming with fun facts, information and inspiring true stories, this is the perfect read for future health heroes, fans of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, Greta’s Story and Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different – or anyone who just wants to join in the round of applause!

     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateAug 6, 2020
    ISBN9781471197208
    Health Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World
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    Emily Sharratt

    Emily Sharratt is an editor and writer of children's books, such as the Ellie's War series for Scholastic. Emily lives in London with her baby daughter, the highlight of whose week during lockdown was the Thursday night 8pm clap for the carers. Unfortunately she can't tell the time yet so they were usually out on the street with their xylophone and wooden spoons from 7.30 pm onwards.  

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      Book preview

      Health Heroes - Emily Sharratt

      Cover: Health Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World, by Emily SharrattHealth Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World by Emily Sharratt, UK Children’s

      For Issy – my baby sister and my hero

      THESE ARE THE HANDS

      by Michael Rosen

      These are the hands

      That touch us first

      Feel your head

      Find the pulse

      And make your bed.

      These are the hands

      That tap your back

      Test the skin

      Hold your arm

      Wheel the bin

      Change the bulb

      Fix the drip

      Pour the jug

      Replace your hip.

      These are the hands

      That fill the bath

      Mop the floor

      Flick the switch

      Soothe the sore

      Burn the swabs

      Give us a jab

      Throw out sharps

      Design the lab.

      And these are the hands

      That stop the leaks

      Empty the pan

      Wipe the pipes

      Carry the can

      Clamp the veins

      Make the cast

      Log the dose

      And touch us last.

      Welcome!

      Welcome to this celebration of health heroes from all around the world!

      You’ve probably needed to visit a doctor or nurse, or take a trip to a hospital at some point in your life, so you know that the people who work in healthcare – who look after us when we’re unwell or injured – are important. But something happened at the very end of 2019 that really made the world stand up and take notice of these very special heroes.

      That something was the outbreak of a new virus named COVID-19, which quickly spread around the world, becoming what is known as a pandemic. Governments everywhere shut down non-essential activity to try to slow the spread of the disease. Across the globe, people kept to their homes, seeing no one but the other members of their households, going outside only if they absolutely had to.

      At the same time, doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, cleaners, cooks, porters, office staff and many others were working harder than ever, for longer hours, wearing uncomfortable protective clothing, in hospitals that quickly filled with sick patients – putting themselves at risk so the rest of us could be safe. Suddenly we couldn’t miss the fact that these health heroes are all around us. And in fact, throughout history, whenever there has been sickness, pain, injury, hunger or sadness, we have never had to look far to find people working to make it better.

      In this book, you will meet many health heroes from across time and around the world. But, of course, this is only the tiniest fraction of the total number of them.

      A lot of the health workers you will meet in these pages are not sure about being called heroes. Some say they’re just doing their jobs, or that they feel lucky in their work, or that they’re normal people like the rest of us who simply want to earn a living and be safe at the same time.

      But even as COVID-19 has spread worldwide, so too has something much more positive: people everywhere have begun to stand outside their homes, on balconies and doorsteps to clap and cheer and sing; to light up buildings, draw rainbows, and send messages, meals and love to the healthcare workers. To say, ‘You might not feel like heroes, or even have chosen to be heroes, but we see your work and we won’t ever forget it.’

      So let’s hear it for all the health heroes, past, present and future. Maybe you’ll even grow up to be one of them!

      As you read through, look out for words in bold – these words will be explained in more detail at the end of each section!

      2. Health Heroes Through Time

      Health heroes have been around pretty much since humans have: for as long as we’ve existed we have needed the support of others when things haven’t been working quite right with our bodies, when we’ve come into the world and when we’ve left it.

      Medicine and healthcare haven’t always looked like they do today, but early health heroes paved the way for the ones that followed. Across time, there have been too many health heroes to name them all, but here are a few…

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