- Remembering Dr Tun. He had no PPE. Archived Message
Posted by Mary
on April 28, 2020, 1:49 pm
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Emails reveal doctor's plea for PPE before Covid-19 death Dr Peter Tun’s messages show he warned Royal Berkshire hospital about lack of vital equipment An NHS doctor who died of Covid-19 had pleaded in vain for his hospital to provide protective equipment in the days before he caught the virus, emails shared with the Guardian by his family show. Dr Peter Tun, from Reading, died on 13 April. Three weeks before his death, he warned Royal Berkshire hospital that unless they supplied the vital kit he and his colleagues needed to avoid becoming infected, “it will be too little and too late”. Dr Peter Tun. His photo. But he was unable to persuade managers to even give his team surgical masks because there were no suspected or confirmed cases on his ward – even though two members of his team were self-isolating. Instead, a manager replied: “These supplies are not widely available and need to be used sensibly … This is the trust position at the moment and I do not have any powers to influence this.” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/23/emails-reveal-doctors-plea-for-ppe-before-covid-19-death-dr-peter-tun Shame on Johnson. Shame on Hancock. Shame on the hospital management. Dr Tun worked in the field of neurorehabilitation as an associate specialist. He was told that as he had no 'hot' patients on his ward, there was no need for PPE. His life and his 40 years of experience are lost. Condolences to his grieving family. |
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