The son of an NHS doctor who died from coronavirus has criticised the 'lack of PPE' for NHS staff, revealing his father had warned about it before his death. Dr Peter Tun, 62, a father-of-two, died in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Reading on Monday after contracting COVID-19.
Dr Tun had worked as an associate specialist in neurorehabilitation at the Royal Berkshire Hospital for more than 21 years. His son Michael said his father had complained about PPE being removed from his ward on the day a patient tested positive for coronavirus. Writing on Twitter, Michael said: 'The day he found out there was a positive for Covid-19 in his ward, dad told me that he had earlier complained to a manager bc they took PPE away from his ward to take somewhere else. He was told that if there was a case, they would bring it back. He replied it would be TOO LATE.'
Michael added that his father had told him there were four more positive patients with no symptoms. Two weeks later, Dr Tun passed away. Michael urged: 'Please do everything to protect the doctors and nurses. They go in scared and for their families. They did not get into the profession to die a hero in battle.' He also expressed concern for his mother, who is in hospital awaiting test results.
Colleagues paid tribute to Dr Tun, describing him as a 'mentor, a father, and a friend'. Dr Jonathan Mamo said: 'Peter was like a father to all of us in our department in Reading. Despite being a calm and soft-spoken individual he always knew what to say and when to say it.' Professor Christine Collin called him an 'unfailingly kind, caring and gentle' man who was 'much loved and respected'.
