He couldn t breathe and we had to suction blood out of his mouth : Frontline medic DR SALEYHA AHSAN reveals the horror of watching her father die of Covid while on compassionate leave from her own job treating intensive care patients with the disease
Dispatches: One Doctor s Story, Condition Critical airs on Channel 4 at 8pm
Dr Ahsan has documented her own hospital s fight against coronavirus in Wales
But the experience took a turn when her father became critically ill in London
She travelled to be by his side but he died of the disease shortly after Christmas
Ahsan-ul-Haq Chaudry died from coronavirus on December 28, despite shielding since March. His children, who all work on the NHS front line, are hoping his story will make people stay at home.