Kentish Express Ashford & District
Tributes after nurse dies from virus
Tributes have poured in for a nurse who died at the William Harvey Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19.
Adekunle Enitan, 55, an intensive care nurse and father of two, died in intensive care at the Kennington Road site last Friday.
Known to his colleagues as Ade, Mr Enitan was cared for by the highly specialist team he had worked with as an agency nurse for five years.
His wife Temitayo, son Martin and daughter Divine paid tribute to him, saying: “Adekunle was a great father and husband who cared deeply for us as well as others around him.
“We are all very thankful for the memories that we shared with him.
“He is now gone but he will never be forgotten and his spirit will always be beside us.”
Mr Enitan is described as a “kind and caring nurse and much respected colleague”, and has recently undertook a PhD in hospital management.
His PhD mentor and ITU senior sister Yvonne Davis said:
“We are deeply saddened to lose Ade.
“He was an excellent nurse and a kind and cheery soul with a dry sense of humour- he could always make me laugh.
“He worked hard for his patients and in his studies.
“He cared deeply about what he did, coming in on his days off to help develop a new garden for our ITU patients.
“I am proud to have called him my friend.
“We will all miss him greatly.” Susan Acott, chief executive of East Kent Hospitals, said: “Ade was a very experienced intensive care nurse and valued member of the ITU team.”
Mr Entitan’s family and colleagues are arranging for a permanent memorial to remember him at the William Harvey.