UK doctor who died from Covid-19 pleaded for PPE

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A doctor in the UK who died of Covid-19 had reportedly pleaded with his hospital to provide protective equipment &lpar;PPE&rpar; in the days before he caught the disease&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Peter Tun died aged 62 at his own workplace&comma; the Royal Berkshire Hospital&comma; on April 13 after testing positive for the coronavirus a week earlier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Guardian reports that on March 23 he sent emails to hospital managers pleading for protective equipment&comma; but was told that with PPE in short supply his neuro-rehabilitation ward ranked lower than others that also needed protective kit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Tun was told his team could not even have surgical masks&comma; since there were no suspected or confirmed cases of Covid-19 in his ward&comma; even though two members of his team were self-isolating&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In one email&comma; published by The Guardian&comma; Dr Tun said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We do not have any basic surgical masks for Caversham ward neuro-rehab medical team&period; The ward stock has been taken by ICU &lpar;intensive care&rpar;&comma; according to a staff nurse … we do not have eye protection kits&comma; gowns nor scrubs&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One manager had emailed back to refuse his requests&comma; saying&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;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&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Tun’s son Michael told the newspaper&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When a doctor of 40 years’ experience has to literally beg for surgical masks&comma; and it is denied&comma; something has gone seriously wrong&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While not blaming the hospital for nationwide shortages of PPE&comma; he added&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think my dad’s death was avoidable and that probability would have been reduced if he had had proper personal protective equipment&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e914298f">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed2e914298f'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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