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...