Rita Ora admits she’s terrified as ‘heroic’ mum Vera returns to the NHS frontline
RITA Ora has admitted she's terrified about her mother returning to the NHS frontline to support A&E doctors.
The singer confessed she's "selfishly" worried about her "heroic" psychiatrist mum Vera Sahatçiu going back to hospitals to help patients battling coronavirus.
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The 29-year-old and Vera discussed her return with 's Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford via video link.
Rita - who has signed up to be a volunteer for the NHS - was asked if she's nervous about Vera, 56, returning to the frontline.
The singer replied: "Selfishly, yes of course, but again I think my mum thrives off doing her duty and I don’t want to speak for her, but I think what made me want to volunteer.
"Even if it’s something like delivering food to someone’s home or picking up medicine, whatever it is, I felt, ‘Oh gosh. This is so real that I felt like, what could I possibly do?’"
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Rita added: “Obviously I don’t have a medical degree but I just think it’s really, truly heroic, not just from my mum’s perspective but just seeing all the doctors in general, really frontline and really putting themselves forward.
"It just goes to show we as a humanity can still come together and be unified, it’s truly, truly, truly an amazing time for us to come out the other end and go, ‘Wow we’re really coming together’, so that really inspired me.'”
Vera explained that while it's hard not being able to see her beloved daughter, she knows she has a job to do.
“It’s really difficult, obviously. There’s a reason for that - I’m working full time and I’m in and out of a hospital environment," she said.
"The safest for everybody was for me to stay at home, work and just make sure at least I don’t put at risk Rita and her sister.”
Former GP Vera had originally been looking after pregnant women with mental health problems but is now helping A&E staff deal with coronavirus-stricken patients.
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