IT'S ALL OVER
Holby City fans break down in tears as major character dies after making heart-wrenching decision in final episode
HOLBY City fans have been left sobbing after Jac Naylor lost her battle with a brain tumour.
In the emotional last ever episode of the medical drama, Jac was seen signing an Advanced Decision to Refuse Treatment form (an ADRT).
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This meant that her devastated colleagues were unable to save her when she suffered a deadly clot on her brain.
Jac was declared brain dead minutes after distraught Sacha had begged his fellow medics to administer life-saving drugs.
Fans found themselves in floods of tears at the highly emotional scenes, which mark the end of Holby City's 23-year run on the BBC.
One viewer tweeted: "I’m flat out sobbing."
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Chiming in, another added: "Crying, full on crying.";
A third posted dozens of broken heart emojis, admitting: "I am absolutely devastated, man."
Holby City has been on screens since 1999 and fans had hoped Jac - played by Rosie Marcel - would make a miraculous recovery in the finale episode.
But just minutes in, she was seen asking her friend Fletch to get a pen and paper and write out an ADRT for her.
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She had previously undergone an operation, performed by her colleague Elliot, in an attempt to save her life - but it had not worked.
After being pronounced brain dead after suffering a stroke, her devastated colleagues were seen removing her organs ready for donation.
A list of names and ages were read out, with viewers learning whose lives Jac had saved with her heartbreaking final wishes.
Her voice could then be heard saying: "This is what the NHS means to us. Not a badge on a Cabinet Minister's lapel, not a number down the side of a bus, it's a nurse missing her break to sit with a lonely patient.
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"A surgeon grounding out a 15 hour op and the sound of sirens coming to the rescue. It is all of us doing the best we can in impossible circumstances.
"It is something to believe in. It is home."
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