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30Jul

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Koppana Mohana Rao, politician

Koppana Mohana Rao, former Minister and senior YSR Congress Party leader died of COVID-19 late on the night of July 29, 2020. He was 75 years old. A native of Mallam village in Pithapuram mandal, he is survived by a daughter and a son. Mohana Rao, who was elected from the Pithapuram Assembly constituency in East Godavari district twice, had served as the Forest Minister. Mohana Rao was declared brought dead when he was taken to the Government General Hospital in Kakinada from another hospital. He tested positive for COVID-19, said East Godavari District Medical and Health Officer M. Mallik. The Hindu

28Jul

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V. Balan, politician

V. Balan -- former Puducherry nominated legislator and general secretary of All India N R Congress -- died on July 27, 2020, days after he tested for COVID-19, at a private hospital. Director of Health and Family Welfare S. Mohan Kumar, said the 68-year-old leader was admitted to the hospital last week with symptoms of novel coronavirus. He was undergoing treatment at the hospital after he tested positive. Mr. Balan, who had co-morbid conditions, was put on a ventilator two day ago, after his condition worsened, but died on Monday. Mr. Balan was nominated to the Legislative Assembly during the fag-end of the previous N. R Congress government. After serving Congress from his student days, he quit his parent party when former Chief Minister N. Rangasamy floated the AINRC in 2011....

26Jul

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Joginder Chaudhary, physician

Joginder Chaudhary, a junior resident at Delhi’s Baba Saheb Ambedkar (BSA) Hospital, died of Covid at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on the night of July 25, 2020. The 27-year-old Indian doctor, for whose treatment the capital’s medical fraternity had joined hands to collect funds, fought a month-long battle with the virus, having tested positive on June 27, reported The Indian Express. “He was in a critical condition when he was brought to our hospital. He was immediately taken to the ICU and was continuously monitored by a team of doctors. There were no co-morbidities but his condition turned critical. It was a case of surgical emphysema, and he went into shock last night,” said Dr D S Rana, chairman of Sir Ganga Ram’s board. Chaudhary had joined the ...

22Jul

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Karunakar Paika, additional magistrate

Karunakar Paika, an Additional District Magistrate (ADM) in Odisha’s Gajapati district died of COVID-19 on July 21, 2020 — first administrative rank officer of the Indian State to fall victim to the virus. Paika, 55 died at the MKCG Hospital in Berhampur in the morning. He was in charge of a covid hospital at Paralakhemundi, district headquarter town of Gajapati. After the Odisha Administrative Service officer’s death, swab was collected and tested using Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. It was found that he was infected with virus. “Paika had not been keeping well for the past few days. When his condition deteriorated, he was taken to MKCG Hospital, Berhampur. We could not save him,” Anupam Saha, district Collecto...

21Jul

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Dr Ramesh Veer, physician

Dr Ramesh Veer, a 60-year-old consultant physician who ran Veer Hospital at Savarkar Nagar in the city and had practised at Sir J J Hospital, died at Kaushalya Medical Foundation Trust on July 20, 2020. The Indian Medical Association members said that Dr veer was treating all types of patients for past few months. Mumbai Mirror Dr Ramesh's son Siddhesh writes: "I appreciate your team writing about my dad. My dad passed away on Monday, July 20th, 2020. In spite of knowing there is a danger lurking in their area where a lot of COVID-19 positive patients were reported, he went on rendering them emergency services in his own hospital, where very, unfortunately, he caught the infection. "My dad was ever cheerful, big-hearted, and friendly. You could approach him with ease and in no time...

21Jul

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Dr Javed Ali, physician

Dr Javed Ali - who was a contractual doctor with Delhi government’s National Health Mission (NHM) – succumbed to Covid-19 at the AIIMS Trauma Centre on July 20, 2020. He was working with a quarantine centre in South Delhi’s Chattarpur, the Radha Soami Covid care centre, and sero surveillance centre in Pushp Vihar March before contracting coronavirus in June. He passed away after a three-week-long battle with the virus. He is survived by his wife Dr Heena, and their two children, aged 6 and 12. Dr Heena told The Indian Express, “He was a dedicated doctor who did not take a single day off since March and was on Covid-19 duty throughout. He even worked on Eid.” For the last 10 days, Dr Ali was on ventilator support. “My children and I didn’t even get to see him one last time. There is n...

20Jul

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Pankajkumar Chaudhary, urologist

Pankajkumar Chaudhary -- a 40-year-old urologist from Mumbai who worked at Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation's fever clinic in the Indian state of Maharashtra and at the OPD of his own hospital -- lost his battle against Covid in the morning of July 19, 2020. Chaudhary was part of Indian Medical Association's Dombivli team which is providing free services at the civic body's fever clinic. The doctor was on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) support-cardiac and respiratory support- since July 6, reported Times of India. A known urologist in the twin cities, Dr Chaudhary managed his own hospital in Dombivli. He is survived by his wife, Purva, also a doctor and a 21-month-old son. "Despite the virus scare, my husband attended the fever clinic and the OPD," said Dr Purva....

20Jul

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Mahesh Sharma, politician

Mahesh Sharma, a politician from the Indian state of Gujarat, died of Covid-19 on July 19, 2020. Sharma, who was vice-president of BJP’s Vadodara unit, passed away at a private hospital. He was undergoing treatment after having tested positive for Covid-19 last week. Sharma, in his mid 50s, was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) before he joined the BJP over two decades ago. Senior party leaders remembered Sharma for his dedication to the party’s internal affairs. “He was an extremely committed leader. He never contested elections but was always in the forefront of all activities undertaken by the party. When I was the general secretary of the Yuva Morcha, he was the vice-president of the organisation. We have worked very closely,” sa...

17Jul

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Neela Satyanarayan, election official

Neela Satyanarayan ‑ Maharashtra’s first woman chief election commissioner and celebrated author and poet ‑ succumbed to Covid-19 in Seven Hills Hospital in the Indian city of Mumbai on July 16, 2020. She was 72. She was the first IAS officer in the state to succumb to Covid-19. She had penned several books, was a 1972 batch IAS officer, and also composed music for some films. After retirement, she was appointed as the state’s Chief Election Commissioner. The Indian Express

17Jul

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Paolo Tommasi, architect

Paolo Tommasi, 92, an Italian architect who played a crucial role in designing the Matrimandir and the gardens surrounding it in the international township Auroville, died of Covid-19 on July 16, 2020, in Puducherry. He was a resident of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in the Union territory and was admitted to Jipmer after he tested positive in the last week of June. Born in Ancona, Italy, Paolo emerged as a leading architect in Europe in the 1950s. He had a true passion for architectural interiors, design, theatre and painting. Paolo visited India in his thirties and met Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual collaborator Mirra Alfassa, fondly revered as the Mother, just before the inauguration of Auroville in 1968. He played a crucial role in assisting French architect Roger Anger in...