Epidemiologist at Haryana Civil hospital succumbs to COVID-19

Hisar: Covid continues to affect the medical and healthcare staff in India. An epidemiologist posted under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme in the district of Hisar passed away recently due to Covid.

The 28 year old had been fighting the disease for around one week. The doctor was fully vaccinated, reports the Tribune India.

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The doctor had tested positive for covid while she was at her home in Sirsa on January 4.

However, her condition started deteriorating and she was subsequently shifted to a delhi hospital where she passed away on 9th January.

According to one of her colleagues in the Civil hospital, she suffered from kidney failure.

The Deputy Civil Surgeon, Civil Hospital in Hisar stated that she had tested positive for Covid during the first and second waves.

He said, "She was an enthusiastic health worker who never shied away from duty and responsibility. She was working at the post of epidemiologist in the IDSP at Civil Hospital, Hisar, for the past two-and-a-half years."

She had received both doses of Covid vaccination.

A multipurpose health worker who was working with the doctor in the civil hospital said that she was devoted to her work. However he added, "It is not clear how she got infected with Covid".

There are over 290 covid positive cases reported from the district of Hisar, reports the Tribune India.

The Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported about an incident where over 200 medical staff at the Christian Medical College Vellore had reported to be Covid positive following which the hospital temporarily stopped online booking for treatments, outpatient (OP) visits and other non-emergency treatments and surgeries barring a few emergency cases. 

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