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...
