Dr Pradeep Tara, a household name in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar, died on Friday after a two-month battle against Covid-19.
Dr Tara, a general physician and chest specialist set up his practice in Mayur Vihar in the 1980s.
He was admitted to the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre with Covid-related complications in May and died on Friday. He was in his mid-sixties.
“He was very well-known in all of East Delhi in fact. His patients remember him because of how sweet-spoken he was. He was also very intelligent and made it a point to stay up to date with developments in the profession. Lively and affectionate, he was popular in his social circle as well. He played tennis every day and we would swim together… He fought against Covid for two long months, and it was his strong will power which let him do so. He fought till the last day,” newspaper The Indian Express quoted Dr Dinesh Sahai, Dr Tara’s friend and a paediatrician based in Mayur Vihar as having said.