Egyptian NHS doctor stricken by Covid seeks visa reassurances from Home Office
by Diane Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#59VB0)
Dr Basem Enany has treated many coronavirus patients but believes he faces removal from the UK
An Egyptian NHS doctor who became critically ill after complications from contracting Covid-19 has spoken for the first time about his fears of being removed from the UK by the Home Office while he lay in his hospital bed on a ventilator.
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 has left him partially paralysed. He can now breathe unaided but believes he has a long rehabilitation journey ahead of him.
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