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Lives Lost: Sudan-born doctor saw himself as ordinary Briton
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LONDON – During a pandemic, heroes wear scrubs. Amged El-Hawrani was one of them, a doctor who went to work every day as the coronavirus took hold even though he might be exposed, risking his own life to treat patients at a hospital in central England.
The 55-year-old died on March 28, becoming one of the first doctors in Britain’s National Health Service to succumb to COVID-19 and a symbol of the acute danger all health workers brave.
Yet in life, he shunned attention, and would have been embarrassed to be described as a hero, according to his youngest brother, Amal. “He would kind of nervously laugh or brush it off as people over-exaggerating,’’ Amal said. “He would say to you, `I’m just doing my job.‴ ____ EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of
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