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		</div><p>A doctor in the UK who died of Covid-19 had reportedly pleaded with his hospital to provide protective equipment (PPE) in the days before he caught the disease.</p>
<p>Dr Peter Tun died aged 62 at his own workplace, the Royal Berkshire Hospital, on April 13 after testing positive for the coronavirus a week earlier.</p>
<p>The Guardian reports that on March 23 he sent emails to hospital managers pleading for protective equipment, but was told that with PPE in short supply his neuro-rehabilitation ward ranked lower than others that also needed protective kit.</p>
<p>Dr Tun was told his team could not even have surgical masks, since there were no suspected or confirmed cases of Covid-19 in his ward, even though two members of his team were self-isolating.</p>
<p>In one email, published by The Guardian, Dr Tun said: <em>“We do not have any basic surgical masks for Caversham ward neuro-rehab medical team. The ward stock has been taken by ICU (intensive care), according to a staff nurse … we do not have eye protection kits, gowns nor scrubs.”</em></p>
<p>One manager had emailed back to refuse his requests, saying: <em>“These supplies are not widely available and need to be used sensibly… this is the Trust position at the moment and I do not have any powers to influence this.”</em></p>
<p>Another emailed reply from management spelled out Dr Tun’s ward did not require PPE as it did not have any confirmed Covid-19 patients.</p>
<p>Dr Tun’s son Michael told the newspaper: <em>“When a doctor of 40 years’ experience has to literally beg for surgical masks, and it is denied, something has gone seriously wrong.”</em></p>
<p>While not blaming the hospital for nationwide shortages of PPE, he added: <em>“I think my dad’s death was avoidable and that probability would have been reduced if he had had proper personal protective equipment.”</em></p>
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