Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fight against coronavirus is being overseen by the nation’s leading lung doctor, Dr Richard Leach.
Dr Leach who joined the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust just across the river from Downing Street in hospital as a consultant physician in 1994, has taken charge of a pioneering team of consultants monitoring the Prime Minister.
After joining the hospital as a consultant physician, Dr Leach rose through the ranks and in 2018 was appointed clinical director for pulmonary and critical care medicine; the leader of the most effective respiratory team in Britain.
He has also written five leading textbooks on how to keep critically ill patients alive, including “The Respiratory System at a Glance”.
Sources from the hospital confirmed that Dr Leach was leading Mr Johnson’s treatment and had been at the Prime Minister’s bedside.
A former colleague of Dr Leach told The Telegraph on Tuesday night: “Richard is a brilliant doctor who knows everything there is to know about respiratory care. He’s saved thousands of lives.
“There is a generation of junior doctors out there who learned their trade under Richard Leach. He’s the most knowledgeable respiratory specialist in the country, and he’s a straight talker. He would find the attention mortifying, but the Prime Minister couldn’t be in better hands.”
Police and security staff have been guarding the entrance to St Thomas’ on Tuesday to protect the Prime Minister while is in the hospital.
The PM’s father, Stanley Johnson aged 79 has also gone into self-isolation and said he has been forced to follow his son’s progress by watching the news.
Mr Johnson said: “I am not being told how Boris is getting on. But he is optimistic, determined and resilient,”
“I hope that Boris will have time to recuperate at Chequers where I understand they have got a very good farm of 2,000 acres. He will be at home there, and in his element.
“Boris is not just a classicist but a countryman and that will give him a lot of strength at this time. He is not just ‘rus in urbe’ but ‘rus in rus’, meaning he is a countryman to boot.’”
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