LONDON: An organ transplant consultant in London, who also worked in Sudan and 海角直播, has become the first National Health Service surgeon to die in the UK as a result of the coronavirus.
Adil El-Tayar worked at the capital鈥檚 St. Mary鈥檚 and St. George鈥檚 hospitals during his career and passed away on March 25 at a hospital in the west of the city.
He had been self-isolating after showing symptoms for the COVID-19 virus and was admitted to hospital five days before his death.
His cousin, also a doctor, said the 63-year-old had tested positive for the virus and spent his final days in intensive care.
鈥淗is son was really scared that he wasn鈥檛 going to make it. This disease is horrible and is going to cause more heartbreak for many more families for weeks to come,鈥 Hisham El-Khidir told the BBC.
鈥淎dil was someone who was central to our family, who was well-respected by so many people,鈥 he聽added.
He worked as a transplant surgeon at the St. George鈥檚 Hospital before he started working in 海角直播 in 2007 for three years at the King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah.
He also worked in his native Sudan, establishing a transplant program while working at Ibn Sina Hospital in the capital Khartoum.
He then returned to St. George鈥檚 Hospital as a locum surgeon.
The British Ambassador to Sudan Irfan Siddiq paid tribute to the doctor along with El-Tayer鈥檚 cousin, the BBC journalist Zeinab Badawi.
