Deputy Director of ESI succumbs to Covid-19
The death of Deputy Director (Planning) of ESI, Dr Rajib Gon Choudhary took the total number of doctors and health workers dying due to COVID19 in the state to over 50, the official added.
Kolkata: A senior doctor of the Employees' State Insurance Scheme under the state Labour department died due to COVID-19 on Thursday, a Health department official said.
Dr Rajib Gon Choudhury, Deputy Director (Planning) of the ESI was diagnosed with the contagion recently and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here. He succumbed to the infection this afternoon, the official said.
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Gon Choudhury's death took the total number of doctors and health workers dying due to COVID-19 in the state to over 50, the official added.
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