Medics – Page 2

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....

16Jul

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Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha, educationist

Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha, the Vice Chancellor of Multan’s Nishtar Medical University, died of coronavirus on July 15, 2020. He was on a ventilator since July 6. Dr Pasha, 61, tested positive for Covid-19 last month and was admitted to Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology. An epitome of selflessness, Dr Pasha had transferred and assigned himself to the coronavirus ward of the Nishtar Hospital as the number of positive cases had started to shoot up, APP reported. The University of Health Sciences, Lahore, said that Dr Pasha “lost his life as a frontline soldier in the war against Covid-19”. Pakistan Today

14Jul

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Dr PK Sharma, general practitioner

Dr PK Sharma, a senior private medical practitioner from Tinsukia in the Indian state of Assam, died of Covid-19 on July 13, 2020, at the Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh while undergoing treatment. According to sources, Dr Sharma was one of the most popular medical practitioners of Tinsukia. He was admitted to AMCH in a critical condition on Tuesday. “He was a good medical practitioner in Tinsukia and was very popular among his patients. Till Monday (July 13), he offered service to his patients at his clinic in Tinsukia,” a resident of Tinsukia told Northeast Now over the telephone. Northeast Now

13Jul

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Dr Jahan Iqbal Ahmed, Ophthalmologist

Dr Jahan Iqbal Ahmed, a doctor at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) in the Indian state of Assam reportedly died of COVID-19 on July 12, 2020. Sources said Dr Jahan Iqbal Ahmed, who is an associate professor of Ophthalmology at GMCH, succumbed to the disease on Monday. The 50-year-old physician, an asymptomatic Covid-19 patient, was under treatment at his home, sources added. He died before reaching hospital due to respiratory problem. Northeast Now

8Jul

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Reino “Nong” Palacpac, pediatrician

Dr Reino “Nong” Palacpac, a pediatrician from Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital (JJASGH) in Manila, passed away due to Covid-19 on July 7, 2020. A Facebook post by the JJASGH said that Palacpac even considered how he can help fight the health crisis once he fully recovers from the virus until he succumbed to the complications caused by the said disease. Palacpac was hailed as a pioneer of the general hospital, serving under the children’s ward before the coronavirus took a toll on his health. “Ako po ay tauspusong nakikiramay sa pamilya ni Dr. Reino “Nong” Palacpac – siya po ay naging biktima rin ng COVID-19 mga kababayan,” City Mayor Isko Moreno said during his briefing. Moreno asked the city’s medical frontli...

3Jul

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Abhishek Bhayana, dental surgeon

Dr Abhishek Bhayana ‑ a junior resident doctor at Delhi’s Maulana Azad Institute for Dental Sciences (MAIDS) –suspected to have succumbed to Covid-19 on July 2, 2020. “I am having breathing issues. All my symptoms are of corona… I will be 100% positive,” said Dr Abhishek Bhayana (26) to his elder brother Aman (31) on July2, 2020, morning, hours before he passed away following complaints of chest congestion and breathlessness. He had tested negative twice for Covid-19. Abhishek was posted in the department of oral surgery of the dental institute. He secured rank 21 in the AIIMS MDS exam, and travelled to Rohtak on June 26 to appear for counselling. Abhishek’s family performed his last rites in the afternoon of July 3, 2020. His friends and colleagues remember him as a doctor with unma...

28Jun

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Dr Aseem Gupta, anaesthetist

Dr Aseem Gupta ‑ an anaesthetist in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital that has been declared a COVID-19 hospital – succumbed to Covid-19 on the morning of June 28, 2020. The 56-year-old doctor was being treated at Max hospital in Saket for past two weeks. His condition deteriorated late on Saturday (June 27, 2020) and he died few hours later, NDTV quote officials as saying. Dr Gupta is survived by his wife and two sons. His wife had also got infected with COVID-19 but she recovered a few days ago. One of his son is pursuing graduation in Engineering, while the other is a studying medicine. NDTV

28Jun

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Dr Lokesh Gupta, general physician

Dr Lokesh Gupta ‑ a 60-year-old general physician who ran his own clinic in Gautam Budh Nagar’s Dadri ‑ succumbed to Covid-19 the morning of June 28, 2020. Dr Lokesh Gupta was rushed to Yashoda Hospital in Ghaziabad’s Nehru Nagar on June 22, 2020, and his Covid-19 result came positive on June 24, 2020. Dr Sangeeta Garg, medical superintendent of Yashoda Hospital, said, “Dr Lokesh came to the hospital on June 22 afternoon with high-grade fever, breathlessness and cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen). His Covid-19 test was done and his test result came positive. At 9.59 am Sunday (June 28, 2020), he passed away.” Dr Lokesh studied medicine at S N Medical College, Agra, and is survived by his wife, and their two children. The couple’s daughte...

28Jun

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Dr Sayeed Ahmad Ali, Unani practitioner

Dr Sayeed Ahmad Ali, a Noida resident and a Unani practitioner, died on June 28, from coronavirus complications. He was admitted at Fortis Hospital, Noida, on June 7 and was kept on ventilator for 15 days, according to hospital authorities and close relatives of the victim. The hospital has given a bill of over Rs14 lakh to the kin of a Covid victim who was admitted at the facility for 20 days. The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration has said that it will look into the matter. The family took possession of the body on June 29 against a legal declaration on a Rs10 stamp paper to pay the negotiated amount, one of the relatives said. The hospital gave a bill of over Rs14 lakh to the grieving family, which was later revised to Rs10.2 lakh after the insurance covered Rs4...

25Jun

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Basavaraj Karigoudar, physician

Basavaraj Karigoudar ‑ a physician working at Khiladgi Primary Health Centre in Mudhol Taluk of Bagalkot district of the south Indian state of Karnataka – died due to Covid-19 on June 25, 2020. The 30 years old doctor was infected with Hepatitis B after being pricked by a needle during his work at the hospital. After that, his condition worsened. He subsequently developed liver failure. He was then immediately shifted to Fortis Hospital for a liver transplant, reported The Hindu. He was tested COVID positive there and eventually passed away on June 25, 2020. He was a young doctor and a former student of MIMS of 2011 batch. His was the first COVID-19 fatality in the medical fraternity in Karnataka, the report said. The Hindu