Dr Adil El Tayar, a renowned organ transplant specialist, was the first working NHS surgeon to die from coronavirus in Britain. He is thought to have contracted the illness while working in the A&E department at Hereford County Hospital, where he had volunteered to help fight the pandemic. The Sudanese locum, 63, had no idea that the patient he was treating had coronavirus, family said. Dr El Tayar had been self-isolating after developing symptoms around mid-March and he was admitted to hospital on 20 March. He tested positive for coronavirus and spent his final days in intensive care. His cousin, Dr Hisham El Khidir, a Norfolk consultant, warned that doctors were âsitting ducksâ and said more testing could have saved Dr El Tayarâs life. âHis son was really scared that he wasnât g...
