Kolkata, Apr 26 () A senior government doctorinvolved in the fight against COVID-19 and a 34-year-old man,both diagnosed with the diease, died at a hospital here onSunday, sources at the facility said.
The 60-year-old doctor, posted as assistant directorhealth services (equipment and stores), was initially admittedto Beliaghata Infectious Diseases hospital and later shiftedto a private hospital in Salt Lake on April 18, where hesuccumbed to the disease.
"After he tested positive for COVID-19, he was firsttaken to Beliaghata ID hospital and then to the Salt Lakeprivate hospital. The doctor was suffering from respiratorydistress and other co-morbidities and had been on ventilatorsince he was admitted to the hospital. He died at 1.20 am onSunday," sources told .
Another patient from the city's Garden Reach area, whohad tested positive for the disease earlier in the week, alsodied around 7 am at the same facility.
"The 34-year-old man was admitted to the hospital onApril 23. He, too, had breathing problems and was put onventilator. He died today morning," they added.
After several calls made to senior governmentofficials for more information on the two fatalities wentunanswered, an official insisting that he not be named,said,"The reason behind the death of the ADHS is still underinvestigation".
West Bengal has reported a total of 541 COVID-19 casesso far. Of them, 18 have succumbed to the disease, accordingto the state health department.
The state government has constituted an auditcommittee of doctors which ascertains whether a patient ofCOVID-19 has died because of the coronavirus disease or apre-existing ailment.
According to Union health Ministry, the number ofCOVID-19 stricken patients in the state stands at 571.
Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha said on Friday that theaudit panel has certified that only 18 of 57 fatilities werecaused "directly due to the disease".
The rest 39 deaths were caused by other severe healthconditions called comorbidities in medical parlance. SCHRMS SKSK SK
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