Punjab: COVID Positive Senior doctor succumbs to cardiac arrest
"Intensivist from PGIMER was guiding his clinical management and the state was preparing to airlift him to PGI at Chandigarh or Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. Unfortunately, this morning he had a cardiac arrest and passed away," Sidhu said.;
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Amritsar: A senior medical officer and the in-charge of the Amritsar Civil Hospital, who had tested positive for COVID-19 last week, died of a heart attack on Sunday, officials said. Arun Sharma, 53, was undergoing treatment in the city-based private hospital for the last 10 days.
The officials said that he had also developed a severe lung infection. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh condoled the death of Sharma, saying he was saddened to lose "one of our hardworking corona warriors".
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