{"id":11404,"date":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11404"},"modified":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11404","title":{"rendered":"Dr Arun Sharma, senior medical officer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Arun Sharma, the senior medical officer (SMO) of India’s Amritsar Civil Hospital, died on August 30, 2020, at a private hospital from Covid-19 and underlying comorbidities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 54-year-old doctor tested positive on August 18.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

“Besides Covid-19, Dr Arun Sharma was suffering from heart ailments. Also, the virus had attacked his lungs. He was put on ventilator on Saturday but the doctors couldn’t save him despite best efforts. He passed away on Sunday morning”, said Dr Navdeep Singh, Amritsar civil surgeon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

A viral video had shown Dr Sharma attempting to dance while sitting in bed at the hospital’s emergency ward with oxygen support attached. “We can fight the battle against Covid-19 only with bravery,” he had said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Dr Sharma, who completed an MD transfusion from Amritsar Medical College and also remained SMO at Fatehgarh Churian, played a key role in setting up the blood bank in Amritsar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Dr Arun Sharma, the senior medical officer (SMO) of India’s Amritsar Civil Hospital, died on August 30, 2020, at a private hospital from Covid-19 and underlying comorbidities. The 54-year-old doctor tested positive on August 18. “Besides Covid-19, Dr Arun Sharma was suffering from heart ailments. Also, the virus had attacked his lungs. 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