An NHS ward host goes the extra mile to put a smile on patients' faces - by singing for them.<br /><br />Comfort Ghartey, 58, who has been working as a ward host since 2017, regularly sings to the patients to wake them up and raise their spirits.<br /><br />Uplifting footage shows Comfort performing at the Royal London Hospital during breakfast time. <br /><br />Comfort, from Hainault, Essex, said: "I am very mindful that a lot of patients may be in distress and/or simply prefer total silence and peace of mind.<br /><br />"So, I don't just sing in those cases bearing in mind that some may, rightfully so, not want that."<br /><br />Comfort began singing on the wards after finding out that a patient had died when she worked at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. <br /><br />She said: "I was about to visit a patient to take their food order when I found out the patient had suddenly died that morning.<br /><br />"From that day, I made it an aim to be extremely serviceable and serene with the patients."<br /><br />Comfort has previously experienced abuse from patients and believes that waking up the patients with music helps smooth her interactions. <br /><br />She said: "It is very important that the patients have their breakfast because they have a schedule at which they have to take their prescriptions.<br /><br />"It was tricky to try and wake them sometimes because they'd be irritated quite easily.<br /><br />"There were some cases of patients verbally assaulting me or spitting at me when I tried to wake them up.<br /><br />"I found that singing was a smooth way to ease my way in and the patients liked to be woken up by it."<br /><br />Comfort has received positive feedback from patients, visitors and colleagues for her singing and overall positive energy. <br /><br />She said: "A lady whose husband I served for a while before he passed was so pleased with my approach that she made it a point to treat me to a high-end restaurant.<br /><br />"In her words: 'Comfort, I would like you to be served and not to serve for a day'."
