| abstract | - Ruth Winters (born 18 October 1984) is a trust doctor who worked in Holby City Hospital's emergency department from 2007 to 2011. She joined the department in September 2007 in her second year of foundation training, and following this she was appointed as a trust doctor in the ED. Throughout her time in the ED, Ruth suffered with her mental health and a bad day of work often had negative repercussions for Ruth and those around her. After a failed suicide attempt in 2008, the staff started to fear for her after she was rushed into resus. Shortly after, Ruth found comfort in her colleagues and build friendships with Toby and Abs. In 2011, her relationship with staff nurse Jay became more serious, and the on and off relationship once again plunged Ruth into a poor mental state and even get an abortion without him knowing. Towards the end of 2011, Ruth once again began to recover and at the same time discovered that she was again pregnant with Jay's child. This time, Ruth decided to keep the baby when Jay insisted that they remain together. Following a fire in the ED in December 2011, Jay and Ruth both informed Nick Jordan that they wouldn't be returning to work there in 2012 as they left Holby to begin their new life together.
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