India – Page 13

28Apr

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Badruddin Shaikh, politician

Badruddin Shaikh a senior leader of the Indian National Congress died of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) on 26 April 2020. He was a leader of the opposition party of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Shaikh did his school graduation from Bhakt Vallabh Dhoda Vidya Vihar Ahmedabad. Then he did his graduation from H K Arts College, and post graduation from L.A. Shah Law College. He was employed in LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd.

28Apr

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Anuj Kumar Kittikottuveedu, Nurse

Anuj Kumar Kittikottuveedu – a Nurse at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, England – passed away on 27 April, 2020. Anuj was 47 years old. He qualified in 2019 and took a job as a staff nurse at Boston Pilgrim Hospital staff nurse. Source: LincolnshireLive Please help us in adding details.

27Apr

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Biplab Dasgupta, Assistant Director

Biplab Dasgupta – an Assistant Director of Health Services in Kolkata, India passed away on 26 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Dr. Biplab Kanti Dasgupta, a senior government doctor involved in the fight against COVID-19 died at a hospital in Kolkata. Dasgupta, 60, posted as Assistant Director Health Services (equipment and stores) was initially admitted to Beliaghata Infectious Diseases hospital and later shifted to a private hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata on April 18. Dasgupta succumbed to the disease. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled Doctor Dasgupta's demise. ''We have lost Dr. Biplab Kanti Dasgupta Assistant Director, Health Services, West Bengal in the early hours of today. He was Assistant Director of Health Se...

26Apr

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Floyd Cardoz, chef

Floyd Cardoz –an Indian-born American chef – passed away after contracting Covid-19 virus on March 25, 2020. He was born in Mumbai. He is noted for his respective ownership and executive chef tenures at the New York City eateries Paowalla and Tabla, as well as his victory on Top Chef Masters in 2011. His New York restaurants were known for food melding Indian flavours and spices with western cuisine techniques. After attending culinary school in Mumbai, India Floyd Cardoz went to Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Switzerland. He moved to New York in 1988. He started working under Chef Gray Kunz at Lespinasse in 1992. He worked in various roles from chef de partie to executive sous chef. In 1997, he started working with Union Square Hospitality Group where he collabor...

Medic dies of Covid-19, mob tries to stop burial

21Apr

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Medic dies of Covid-19, mob tries to stop burial

Dr Simon Hercules died on April 20 On April 20, Dr Simon Hercules, a neurosurgeon who was treating coronavirus patients in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, died after contracting the disease. Far from getting a proper burial, his family and friends were beaten up while trying to do so. Dr Hercules' friends and family were attacked on Sunday night when they took his body to a burial ground in Chennai (formerly Madras). One of his friends had to quietly bury him in the early hours of Monday without any family members present. He said the neurosurgeon "didn't deserve this end". "He was not shown even basic humanity. Even his wife and son couldn't be there to say goodbye," Dr Pradeep told the News Minute website. Local media reported that a mob of about 20 people attacked ...

Kamlesh Kumar Masson, General Practitioner

17Apr

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Kamlesh Kumar Masson, General Practitioner

Kamlesh Kumar Masson – a General Practitioner at Murree Medical Centre, Thurrock and Basildon, Essex, England – passed away on 16 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Kamlesh was 78 years old. Kamlesh founded Milton Road Surgery, Grays in 1985 and worked there continuously until 2017. He then went on to do locum work across Thurrock and Basildon until his last working day of March 12th 2020. He was a valued member of the team at Muree Medical Practice in Basildon. Dr Masson was an excellent clinician whose drive to constantly improve his clinical skills and knowledge with passion and enthusiasm will remain with us all as a reminder to always try to be the best. He was recognised in the locality by patients, colleagues and peers as a dedicated, determined, posi...

16Apr

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Dr Ajit Agarwal, cardiologist

Ajit Agarwal, a cardiologist in the United Kingdom, died on April 15, 2020, due to COVID-19. He was 68. Dr Agarwal died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in the United Kingdom (UK) . A resident of India's Kanpur city, Dr Agarwal was a consultant cardiologist in London and had been in home quarantine for last several days before he was shifted to a hospital where he passed away after his lungs collapsed. Source: Pressreader Please help us in adding details.

14Apr

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Dr KM Ismail Hussain, ‘2-rupee doctor’

Dr KM Ismail Hussain succumbed to coronavirus on April 14 Dr KM Ismail Hussain, who was popularly known as ‘2-rupee doctor’ succumbed to coronavirus on April 14, reported The Siasat Daily. Dr Ismail,76, had stopped going to work at his hospital in Kurnool a few weeks ago because of illness. Only after his death it was revealed from his test results that he died of COVID-19. He had been working in a COVID-19 red-zone, reported Siasat’s Rasia Hashmi. According to his friend Shafath Ahmed Khan, he had always been so accessible and popular, that patients who were used to going to him started queuing up outside his house. He would never refuse to see a patient for any reason. So after a week, out of compulsion, he went back to work at the hospital. Shafath, who is an advocate based...

14Apr

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Priya Khanna, Nephrologist

Priya Khanna – a Nephrologist at Khanna Nephrology, Glen Ridge, New Jersey – passed away on 13 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Priya was 43 years old. Dr. Priya Khanna was double board certified and was chief of residents at Union Hospital. She also worked at Clara Mass Hospital, where she died. Source: Twitter Please help us in adding details.

7Apr

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Brahm Kanchibhotla, journalist

Brahmanandam "Brahm" Kanchibhotla ‑ an Indian-American journalist known for his extensive writings on the development of the Telugu community in the USA – died of coronavirus on 6 April 2020. He was a writer for India Abroad, News-India Times, United News of India, and The Indian Panorama, among others. Brahm Kanchibhotla was born in Edubadu village of Parchur Mandal in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. In 1992, Kanchibhotla came to the United States working as Business Editor for the News-India Times, handling front-page articles while also reporting on financial news. He later moved to India Weekly USA followed by The Urban Indian, both New York-based publications for the South Asian commmunity. His work as a writer involved work on tiger conservation, restaurant worker...