Hospital launch probe after NHS doctor who begged for better PPE dies from coronavirus
A PROBE has been launched by an NHS trust after a doctor died following repeated pleas for better protection against coronavirus.
Dr Peter Tun, 62, died at the Royal Berkshire Hospital on April 13 after testing positive for Covid-19 a week earlier.
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And the doctor was told his team could not have surgical masks, since there were no suspected or confirmed cases of Covid-19 in his ward, despite the fact two members of his team were self-isolating.
One manager had emailed back: "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."
In another email from management, they said Dr Tun's ward did not require PPE because it did not have any confirmed coronavirus patients.
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