CMCH doc dies from Covid-19

A doctor of Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in the port city early yesterday morning.

The deceased, Md Hasan Murad, 48, was a lecturer of Microbiology at CMC and worked in the Covid-19 RT-PCR laboratory at CMCH, said principal of the college Prof Dr Shamim Hasan.

After testing positive for coronavirus, Hasan was admitted to the city's Parkview Hospital and was undergoing treatment at its ICU since December 6, said Dr Faisal Iqbal Chowdhury, general secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association, Chattogram chapter.

Dr Faisal added that Hasan Murad died around 5:00am yesterday.

Hasan, hailing from Chattogram's Satkania upazila, was a student of 35th batch MBBS at CMC, said Faisal, adding that with this death, a total of 13 doctors have died of Covid-19 in Chattogram so far.