“It’s brought up the reality. This has hit one of our own particularly very well known pillars of the community," says Dr Apisalome Talemaitoga.
“We have to really encourage the community to remain vigilant and keep up the testing. But it has really shaken the community.”
He also paid tribute to Dr Williams, saying he epitomised the role of serving the community in the health sector.
“It’s very sad. A sad time for Pacific community in general. But for all general practitioners that continue to work day in day out.
"This reminds us of what a lot of my General Practitioner colleagues do, serving the community and their patients right through till the very end."
Source:
RNZ Pacific