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....