Georgetown: APNU+AFC Coalition communications director Imran Khan on Tuesday succumbed to COVID-19 one week after being admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Georgetown.
He succumbed after severe respiratory failure. Medical sources disclosed that Khan, 43, had no underlying medical conditions and did not take any of the COVID-19 vaccines.
His wife, Tammy Khan, also tested positive for the disease but was discharged on Monday.
SEE BELOW FULL STATEMENT FROM THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION JOSEPH HARMON:
It is with a heavy heart that I write on my own behalf and that of the APNU-AFC coalition to announce the untimely death of our friend and colleague Imran Khan who served as Communications Director in the office of the Leader of the Opposition up to today.
To his wife, Tamara, and other family members we offer our deepest condolences and regret. When we read his upbeat note on Sunday asking for a fruit salad and praising coconut water we assumed he had passed the worst and was well on the way to recovery. The suddenness of his death some hours later attributed to acute respiratory failure has been a terrible shock to us all.
Imran was a passionate member of the coalition at the helm of public information. He was a Guyanese who believed that all Guyanese deserved a just and good life and used all his efforts to ensure that access to information underpinned that right. When he returned from his life in Antigua to join the coalition through the AFC he came with eagerness and an energy that was exemplary.
Our grief is profound. Guyana has lost a true son.
BELOW IS A STATEMENT FROM THE ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE:
It is with deep sadness and tremendous pain that the Alliance For Change regrets the passing of one of its finest members Imran Khan. Imran was committed member of the AFC and later the APNU+AFC coalition who epitomized some exceptional qualities – youth, commitment, enthusiasm and resistance. Guyana was everything to Imran Khan and prior to the 2015 he remigrated from Antigua to “contribute to the struggle” as he would often say. He joined the Alliance For Change and brought his exceptional knowledge of the media and public relations environment to the day- to-day operations of our small Party allowing us to “bat above our league”. His unmatched creativity, knowledge of the digital media environment and excellent writing skills were seen in two election campaigns and while he managed the Department of Public Information which he rebranded and reorganized in 2015 as its’ Director of Public Information.
Most importantly Imran loved the simple things in life, gaffing with ordinary citizens wherever he encountered them and was a true friend many. His passing is a tragic loss of monumental proportions to his AFC family. The Alliance For Changes expresses sincere condolences to his family and friends.
