A BASINGSTOKE hospital worker forced to move into a hotel is urging the public to stay at home so he can be reunited with his family. 

Yesterday, Kyle Hadnett moved into the Apollo Hotel in Basingstoke following concerns his job may put his clinically vulnerable family at higher risk of contracting coronavirus.

The orthopaedic trauma discharge coordinator has left his 28-week pregnant fiancé and mother and father at home whilst he continues as a key worker on the front line.

The 27-year-old is now pleading that the public plays their part as he is desperate to get home.

Kyle’s parents moved in with him and his fiancé Georgina in December whilst they were looking for rental accommodation but just one day after they moved in his mum was admitted to hospital.

She was later diagnosed with Metastatic cancer which had spread to her brain and she needs emergency surgery in three weeks’ time.

Kyle told the Gazette: “As soon as I found out Covid cases were rising in hospital and the national lockdown was announced, alongside the amount of non-compliance I see on a daily basis outside of the hospital, I made the decision to move into a hotel.

“I went to the Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust and told them my concerns, they were amazing and have fully funded the hotel.

“Initially it will be for four weeks and it can be extended if it needs to be.

“At first it was a very difficult decision to make but it boiled down to the safety of my unborn child, my pregnant fiancé and my mum’s health.

“My mum is going for brain surgery in three weeks’ time if she gets covid then she wouldn’t be able to have it.”

Kyle described his family as ‘very close’ and is depending on regular FaceTime is to get him through the lockdown.

“I come to work in the hospital and its somewhere where I can make a difference, I can support patients and their families.

“But as soon as I’m outside I see people in large groups or not socially distancing and I get angry.

“I just think it’s not about you any more it is about everybody.”

 “If everybody plays their part this huge problem will effectively be controllable.”

Kyle became emotional explaining just how important it is to stay at home and follow the rules.

Instead of clapping for carers on Thursday, he wants the public to tweet #TodayIStayedAtHome.

“My main message to the public is play by the rules, if you want to see a family member leave it for now so you can have many many more times with them.

“Clap for carers is an amazing time to see the clinic come together and for those few minutes it gives people a sense of community.

“But at the moment it’s not clap for carers we need.

“We need people to be tweeting today I stayed home, because this isn’t just an NHS problem, it’s a community’s problem.”

Kyle has worked at Basingstoke hospital for seven years and described his ‘fantastic team’ and the hospital staff as his ‘extended family’.

Whilst being separated from his family is hard, Kyle says it’s the lack of routine and endless time to think that is challenging.

“My routine after work is coming home from work having dinner with my family and then doing the dishes.

“But now I go back to the hotel I sit down on the sofa and I’m alone and I just end up thinking a lot.”

“I think the NHS are working extremely hard given the pressure and we need the community to join us by abiding by the rules.

“I want to go home.”