RIP Dr Joe, the ‘generous’ GP who went back to work after lockdown to continue helping his people

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RIP Dr Joe, the ‘generous’ GP who went back to work after lockdown to continue helping his people

Martin
Johnston
Dr Joe Williams
Auckland GP and former Cook Islands prime minister was dedicated to serving his patients

Joe Williams – GP, medical administrator, health minister and prime minister – is the only practising health professional so far to have died from COVID-19-related illness in New Zealand

Medicine and service were in Joe Williams’ DNA, so much so that, despite being well into the COVID danger zone at age 85, he went back to work as a GP