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.
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