An NHS consultant who had tested positive for coronavirus has died from Covid-19, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton have confirmed.
Consultant Amged El-Hawrani, 55, succumbed to the disease on Saturday at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester after testing positive for coronavirus.
Mr El-Hawrani was an associate clinical director and ear, nose and throat consultant at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.
A spokesman for Amged’s family said he was a “much-loved husband, son, father, brother and friend.” They said he viewed his “role as a doctor as one of life’s most noble pursuits” and “had so many responsibilities but never complained." The statement read: "Amged was a loving and much-loved husband, son, father, brother, and friend. "