//A nurse for 50 years refused to retire when the pandemic began. She later died from COVID-19

A nurse for 50 years refused to retire when the pandemic began. She later died from COVID-19

After more than 50 years as an emergency room nurse, Betty Grier Gallagher had more than earned the right to retire. But according to those who knew and loved her, she just couldn’t. She cared that much.Gallaher worked the night shift at Alabama’s Coosa Valley Medical Center — her preference, her son said, so she could mentor younger nurses. Known around the hospital as “Miss