'It just felt right': WA doctors spend wedding day fighting coronavirus
A West Australian couple put their wedding on hold, and instead donned scrubs and went to work as the coronavirus pandemic put their plans on the back-burner.
Max and Greta are both emergency doctors working in Geraldton, WA, and the couple were meant to get married on Saturday.
However, the coronavirus outbreak saw the couple decide to postpone their big day amid restrictions on how many people can attend a wedding, and the closure of Australia’s international borders.
Greta explained to Nine News that Max’s family and friends are all in the UK, as is her brother, and the restrictions would mean getting everyone to Australia for the wedding would be all but impossible.
Instead of walking down the aisle, Greta and Max shared a photo of them at work at Geraldton Regional Hospital this weekend.
“We should be getting married today, but instead...” Greta’s sign reads.
“We went to work for you, so stay home for us,” Max’s sign says.
The picture shows the sweet moment the couple kiss while holding up the signs.
The picture, which was shared to the couple’s joint Instagram account, was inundated with supportive comments, praising the couple for their decision and their work on the frontlines.
“You guys are heroes, I’m so sorry your day has been postponed. When this crazy time passes have the biggest best wedding ever,” one person commented.
“What you’re doing is amazing, thank you.”
“Forever grateful,” one woman commented.
The couple did admit to Nine News that the decision to postpone their wedding was emotional, but once they did, it “just felt right”.
The couple hoped the photo would be well appreciated by their friends and family, but are ultimately glad their picture resonated with many, especially when it had such an important message.
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“We're trying to get people to stay at home,” Greta said.
“We're working in a pretty vulnerable, remote community at the moment, so if people can adhere to the rules and try to keep case numbers down, that would be incredible.”
In the past 24 hours there have been eight new cases of COVID-19 in WA, taking the state’s total to 514.
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