A doctor diagnosed with coronavirus has died – three weeks after he warned the prime minister health workers urgently need more PPE.
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.
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.”
