Hero doctor who died of coronavirus was Oswestry pupil
A hero doctor who died after coming out of retirement to join the fight against coronavirus was taught at a school in Oswestry.
Dr Alfa Sa'adu, 68, died on March 31 at Whittington Hospital in north London.
He was medical director at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex and Ealing NHS Trust and worked at many hospitals in the capital.
Dr Sa'adu was a former pupil at Oswestry School's Bellan House.
Old Oswestrians, the school's official alumni society, shared some old pictures of the doctor found in their archives.
They said: "We have learned that Dr Alfa Sa'adu, a former pupil of Bellan House, has died aged 68 of COVID-19.
"Alfa had been a medical director at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex and Ealing NHS Trust and worked at many hospitals in the capital."
Tributes were paid from far and wide to Dr Sa'adu, including from the president of the Nigerian senate.
Despite retiring in 2017, Dr Saadu continued to work part-time at the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in Welwyn, Hertfordshire.
