A retired NHS doctor has died of coronavirus at the age of 68. Dr Alfa Saadu worked in various hospitals across London for almost 40 years before retiring but remained working part-time before losing his life to Covid-19.
He died on Tuesday morning after fighting the virus for two weeks. He leaves behind a wife and two sons. He is the fourth NHS medic to die from the deadly virus.
His son, Dani, writing on Facebook, said: "My Dad died of coronavirus at approximately 7.30am yesterday. He had been fighting the virus for 2 weeks but could not fight anymore. "The NHS were amazing and did everything they could. "My Dad was a living legend, saving people's lives here and in Africa. "Up until he got sick, he was still working part-time, saving