Senior Govt Doctor Dies Of COVID 19 In West Bengal
A senior govt doctor who was treating COVID 19 patients, died in hospital in West Bengal.
According to the sources, the doctor was posted as assistant director of health services.
He was initially admitted to Beliaghata Infectious Diseases hospital and later shifted to a private hospital in Salt Lake on April 18, where he succumbed to the disease.
The doctor was suffering from respiratory distress and other co-morbidities and had been on a ventilator since he was admitted to the hospital.
Another patient from the city's Garden Reach area, who had tested positive for the disease earlier in the week, also died.