Unfortunate: Senior GMCH doctor succumbs to COVID; authorities deny reports
According to PTI, it has been found that the doctor passed away after succumbing to COVID, however, NE Today reports that GMCH is denying to attribute COVID as the reason behind his death. His friend has posted on social media mourning his death and stating respiratory trouble to be the cause of his death.;
Assam: In an unfortunate incident, a senior doctor at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has died reportedly due to Covid-19. But GMCH authorities, along with a friend of the deceased doctor have denied the reports that he succumbed to coronavirus.
The deceased doctor, Dr Jahan Iqbal served as an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. He died after suffering from respiratory distress. The 56-year-old doctor is supposedly the first COVID-19 death from the medical fraternity in the state.
As per a senior GMCH doctor, Dr. Iqbal was suffering from cough and fever and his antigen test was negative, following which his swab samples were sent for the RT-PCR test. He was in-home quarantine when his oxygen level fell this morning and he died on way to the hospital.
According to PTI, it has been found that the doctor passed away after succumbing to COVID, however, NE Today reports that GMCH is denying to attribute COVID as the reason behind his death. His friend has posted on social media mourning his death and stating respiratory trouble to be the cause of his death.
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