{"id":1392,"date":"2020-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2020-06-12T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:03:43","slug":"dr-usama-riaz-physician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Usama Riaz, Physician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Usama Riaz is being hailed as a hero In Pakistan for courageously putting his life on the line to treat patients with Covid-19. Even though the 26-year-old doctor didn\u2019t have adequate protective gear, he kept fighting for his patients until he eventually lost his life to the disease. He died on March 20.\r<\/p>

He\u2019s a hero in Pakistan but the world should know his name.\r<\/p>

Riaz was part of a ten-person team screening pilgrims who recently returned to Pakistan from Iraq and Iran. He later treated these patients at isolation centers in Gilit, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.\r<\/p>

On March 20, after treating his patients, Riaz went to bed but couldn\u2019t get up in the morning. He was rushed to a military hospital for a CT scan but the equipment didn\u2019t work. He was put on a ventilator and died two days later.\r<\/p>

\u201cIt is with extreme sadness that the Gilgit-Baltistan health department confirms that Usama Riaz who played a key role in the war against coronavirus has passed away,\u201d the Gilgit Baltistan government tweeted on Monday.\r<\/p>

\u201cUsama proved himself the real hero by sacrificing his life to save others,\u201d Gilgit Baltistan Information Minister Shams Mir said. Riaz will be declared a national hero.\r<\/p>

It\u2019s believed that Riaz contracted the coronavirus because he didn\u2019t have access to proper protective equipment. Other doctors in Pakistan have also contracted the disease for the same reason.\r<\/p>

Even though Riaz knew he was in danger of catching the virus, it didn\u2019t stop him from working to save the lives of his patients.\r<\/p>

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Dr. Usama Riaz is being hailed as a hero In Pakistan for courageously putting his life on the line to treat patients with Covid-19. Even though the 26-year-old doctor didn\u2019t have adequate protective gear, he kept fighting for his patients until he eventually lost his life to the disease. He died on March 20. 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