Watch epic Clap for Carers outside Eastbourne DGH

This was the moment emergency services gathered outside Eastbourne DGH last night (April 16) to clap for our carers.
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Key workers from across town – including DGH staff, police, and ambulance crews – assembled outside the hospital in a show of support for the frontline workers fighting coronavirus.

Eastbourne Police tweeted the moving video and said, “#ClapForOurCarers at Eastbourne Hospital this evening. Incredible #KeyWorkers coming together to show support for each other.”

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But it wasn’t just at the DGH people were breaking out into applause.

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Clap for Carers Eastbourne DGH

At Eastbourne Fire Station crews assembled in front of their fire engines and clapped, while the sirens sounded and lights flashed.

And across town ordinary people went out on their doorsteps and clapped their hearts out.

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