Wali Akhtar Nadwi, who was serving as the head of the Arabic department at the University of Delhi, succumbed to Covid-19 on June 9, 2020.
As many as six private hospitals in Delhi and Noida had allegedly refused to admit the professor stating various reasons.
On June 2, Akhtar had developed a fever flowing which the members of his family approached at least six hospitals including Fortis Hospital, Delhi’s Bansal Hospital, Moolchand Hospital and Holy Family hospital in Delhi and Kailash Hospital in neighbouring Noida in UP.
The hospitals allegedly refused admission to him. While some hospitals refused admission citing non-availability of beds others said that they were not admitting patients having fever, according to a report by Muslim Mirror.
Akhtar’s family finally managed to secure admission for him at a hospital located in Jamia Nagar where he tested positive for COVID-19 at 4 pm on June 9, 2020. At 6:30 pm, he succumbed to the disease.