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Statement from Minister for Health
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD said
I am deeply saddened to hear today of the death of Dr Syed Waqqar Ali. I want to express my sincere condolences to Dr Ali’s family, his friends and his colleagues.
Dr Ali contracted COVID-19 and has been cared for diligently by his colleagues in the ICU of the Mater Hospital for some time.
It’s clear from Dr Ali’s colleagues that he was a kind, compassionate, hardworking and highly professional man, working on the front line of COVID-19 to keep us all safe.
We remember that behind every reported COVID-19 number is a person who loves and is loved, who leaves behind a family and a community who will miss them sorely.
Today we remember Dr Ali and the seven other healthcare workers who have lost their lives to COVID-19.