Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon dies of Covid-19 in Kolkata
Kolkata: In an unfortunate incident, a senior orthopedic doctor passed away after putting up a battle against corona for almost three weeks in Kolkata.
The 57-year-old deceased doctor is identified as Dr. Surajit Nandi, who was attached to Vidyasagar State General Hospital. He was serving as a frontline corona warrior and was tested COVID positive 3 weeks ago.
As per a recent IANS report, the doctor was facing health complications after which he underwent COVID testing and the result came to be COVID positive. He was rushed to the CMRI Hospital at Ekbalpur. However, his condition declined and he subsequently passed away on the night of 19 September.
The doctor was a well known orthopedic surgeon and prior to Vidyasagar hospital in Behala, he was associated with Darjeeling district hospital, where he had a glorious career as an orthopedic surgeon for a decade.
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