A "kind and gentle" mental health nurse has tragically died after testing positive for coronavirus. Khulisani Nkala, an award-winning nurse, was described by colleagues as a "well-respected and selfless professional nurse, who always put the patient first".
Known as Khuli, the 46-year-old had been working as a charge nurse in the forensic services at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust before he died on Friday, April 17.
Dr Sara Munro, Chief Executive of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust paid tribute to the "well-respected and selfless" nurse.
She said: "This is the first member of our particular NHS family to lose their life to COVID19, and I sincerely hope it will be the last. "Our thoughts and prayers are with