Coronavirus: Doctor who warned prime minister about PPE dies with COVID-19 In March he urged the PM to “urgently” ensure personal protective equipment for “each and every NHS worker in the UK”.
Abdul Mabud Chowdhury passed away after 15 days in hospital
A doctor diagnosed with coronavirus has died – three weeks after he warned the prime minister health workers urgently need more PPE.
Abdul Mabud Chowdhury,53, passed away after 15 days in hospital with COVID-19.
On 18 March he wrote a message to Boris Johnson asking him to “urgently” ensure personal protective equipment for “each and every NHS worker in the UK”.
He told the prime minister that healthcare workers “are in direct contact with patients” and have a “human right like others to live in this world disease-free with our family and children”.
Dr Chowdhury was a locum urologist who worked at Homerton Hospital in East London and died on Wednesday at Queen’s Hospital in Romford after testing positive for coronavirus.
Image:Dr Abdul Manud Chowdhury (top right) leaves behind a wife and two children
In a statement the Muslim Doctors Association paid tribute to him saying: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, Consultant Urologist at Homerton Hospital, after fighting for his life from COVID-19.
“He leaves behind his wife and two children. Our thoughts and prayers are with them.
Two weeks before his admission to hospital he wrote a message to the Prime Minister urging for better PPE.
“May he rest in peace.”
In his message to the prime minister, Dr Chowdhury wrote: “Please ensure urgently PPE for each and every NHS health worker in the UK.
“Remember we may be doctors/nurses/HCAs/allied health workers who are in direct contact with patients, but we are also human beings to practice human rights like others, to live in this world disease free with our family and children.
“Remember we may be doctors/nurses/HCAs/allied health workers who are in direct contact with patients, but we are also human beings to practice human rights like others, to live in this world disease free with our family and children.
