The female doctor, 48, was originally from Lahore and lived in East London with her husband Dr. Azeem Qureshi, and the couple’s eight-year-old daughter.
Pakistani Dr. Mamoona Rana has paid a heartfelt tribute to the dedicated and popular doctor, who has become UK’s first female doctor to sacrifice her life after contracting the novel coronavirus while saving National Health Service (NHS) patients during her services as a frontline worker.
The face has become the defining image of the horror NHS frontline workers face in the line of duty.
Dr. Qureshi, who is a senior doctor at the Newham Hospital, paid a touching tribute to his wife and explained how Dr. Rana’s condition rapidly deteriorated. He confirmed that his wife contracted the virus while they both were working on the frontline.
Dr. Rana developed COVID-19 symptoms on April 8. Two days later, both of them had tested positive for coronavirus. On April 11, Dr. Rana started having breathing difficulties and was taken to Whips Cross Hospital’s Accident and Emergency (A&E) in East London.
She was then shifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital on April 11 and put on a ventilator as she faced breathing problems. She passed away on April 16.
Dr. Qureshi said: “Dr Rana was a remarkable woman who always held her head high and gave hope and joy endlessly to those around her. She was the loveliest wife and mother of our daughter. She was unique in her poise, grace, intelligence, soft nature, and beauty. I will miss her forever.”
