Primary Care/Principal General Practitioner, Pearl Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK

Mr Hussain had contracted the disease after a trip to Saudi Arabia with his daughter. He complained of a temperature and chest problems to his friend Abdul upon his return at the end of January and within a few days he was admitted to City Hospital, in Birmingham.It’s thought during this period that his son, dad-of-two Khalid, suffering from cancer, picked up the bug from his father.Khalid was undergoing chemotherapy at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Edgbaston. He continued to be treated there for both conditions and sadly died on February 17.

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