A consultant has become the first frontline NHS hospital worker to die after testing positive for coronavirus, NHS England said.
Amged El-Hawrani, aged 55, died at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester on Saturday evening, the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) said.Mr El-Hawrani worked as an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon at the Queen's Hospital Burton - playing a leading role in merging the Burton and Derby hospitals.The PA news agency understands he had not been in contact with patients in recent weeks.A statement made on behalf of Mr El-Hawrani's family said: "Amged was a loving and much-loved husband, son, father, brother, and friend."His greatest passions were his family and his profession, and he dedicated his life to