After a nine-week struggle with the virus, a surgeon who was forced to spend four months in exile from his family while he worked on Covid wards during the pandemic has passed away.
A dedicated husband and father of four children, Dr Irfan Halim (45), was skilled in surgery at Swindon Hospital.
According to his wife’s grief, Dr Halim was described as ‘ten men in a single body.’ He started work on September 10th and didn’t return home until the end. He died last weekend.
Doctor Irfan Halim was 45 years old and a loving father of four children. He worked as a surgeon in Swindon Hospital in Wiltshire.
The devastated wife of Dr Halim described her husband as “ten men in a single body”. She said that Dr Halim left home on September 10th and did not return. He died last weekend
Saila Halim was his wife.
The past two years Dr Halim spent saving Covid patients. September 10, however, was another day that saved lives.
After allegedly contracting the disease at work, he was seen on a ward-round in his scrubs. He then collapsed at his office.
Saila Halim, his wife, said that her beloved Irfan died peacefully on Sunday November 14, at 7:51pm. I was holding him in my arms and whispered prayers and love to his ears. He is surrounded by his sister and brother.
Two weeks of treatment at Swindon Hospital’s intensive care unit was given to Dr Halim before he was transferred to The Royal Brompton Hospital, London for treatment with an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (special artificial lung) and continued treatment there.
One of his colleagues said that he was a fighter and never lost heart. He believed that he would be able to recover.
A friend stated that he didn’t drink or smoke and was someone who just helped people “every day”.
Mrs Halim wrote a sad post to social media saying that he had given him fifteen years of magic as his wife and four children. These wonderful memories will be with me for the rest of my days. Image: His GoFundMe post
On social media Mrs Halim posted a sad and heartbreaking message: “Irfan, you gave me fifteen magic years as my wife, four wonderful children, amazing memories that will endure me through my last days here in the world.”
You gave 25 years dedicated service to NHS as a Consultant General Surgery.
“Irfan you were my best friend, and a friend to all our kids.