A Saskatchewan physician who died from COVID-19 is being remembered by a colleague as a joyful spirit who was all the time nice to be round.
A longtime good friend and fellow doctor says Dr. Youssef Al-Begamy died Sunday at a Toronto hospital, the place he was being handled for the virus.
Dr. Fauzi Ramadan, who is predicated in Moose Jaw, Sask., says the worst factor was notifying his good friend’s mom and sisters in Saudi Arabia of his loss of life.
Al-Begamy, who was an emergency room and household physician within the Regina space, had no speedy household in Canada.
Ramadan says he’s planning for the physique to be despatched again to Saudi Arabia.
The Islamic Affiliation of Saskatchewan and the Moose Jaw Mosque had been making ready to carry a particular prayer for Al-Begamy on Monday night time.
Neither the Saskatchewan Well being Authority nor the minister of well being would affirm the loss of life.
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