UK finally extends visa for NHS doctor who was critically ill with Covid
by Diane Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#5B5XB)
Egyptian cardiologist Basem Enany had feared he would be removed from UK because he was too sick to work
An Egyptian NHS doctor who feared he might be removed from the UK because he was too sick to work after becoming critically ill from Covid-19 complications is celebrating after his visa was finally extended by the Home Office.
Dr Basem Enany, a locum consultant cardiologist at York teaching hospital, had treated many coronavirus patients. He was placed on a ventilator after developing Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare complication of Covid-19 and other viruses, which left him partially paralysed. Enany believes that there is only one other recorded Covid-related case like his in the UK.
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