Lorraine star Dr Amir Khan says Covid deaths of NHS colleagues and patients will ‘haunt me forever’

NHS GP says that people have died ‘as a result of delaying lockdown and lack of PPE’

Lorraine star Dr Amir Khan has opened up about losing colleagues in the NHS to Covid-19, saying their deaths will “haunt me forever”.

Khan appeared on the ITV morning show Lorraine, during which he responded to Boris Johnson’s recent admission that there were “many things [the government] wish we could’ve done differently” in handling the pandemic.

“Professor Chris Whitty was talking to a public health conference yesterday and said we are in a better place than this time last year, but there are likely to be bumps and twists along the road, and a potential third wave,” said Khan, who is an NHS GP.

“He is referring to the looming problem with vaccine supplies, we are seeing a resurgence in cases in mainland Europe, and there are these new variants to contest with.”

Khan added that a future rise in cases wouldn’t necessarily correspond with a rise in hospital admissions and deaths “like we saw in the first and second wave,” depending on the proliferation of new Covid-19 variants.

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“We are better off, but it has to be nuanced,” he said. “Boris Johnson was also speaking yesterday at the Downing Street press conference, and he said mistakes have been made and these will haunt him forever.

“People have died as a result of some of these mistakes, and one of the things that will haunt me forever, if I am being honest, are my patients and colleagues who have died as a result of delaying lockdown and lack of PPE [personal protective equipment].”

Lorraine airs at 9am every weekday on ITV.