A doctor at the Mater Hospital in Dublin has died after contracting Covid 19.
Dr Syed Waqqar Ali was due to begin a shift in April when he started to feel unwell.
He asked to be seen as a patient and was admitted after testing positive for Covid 19.
His condition deteriorated and Dr Ali spent three months in intensive care being cared for by his colleagues but passed away overnight.
Dr Ali, who cared for other Covid patients during the pandemic, is the eighth healthcare worker to die since the outbreak began.
The Mater says his colleagues will remember him as a "hardworking and diligent doctor" with a "humble and down to earth personality".
The hospital has extended its sympathies to Dr Ali wife, family and loved ones.
HSE CEO Paul Reid says it is with "great sadness" that he learned of Dr Ali's passing and has extended the sympathies of the executive and all healthcare staff to his wife, family and loved ones.
He says his thoughts are also with Dr Ali's colleagues in the Mater Hospital.
