Two doctors die from Covid-19
Another doctor who was infected with Covid-19 died at a hospital in Dhaka yesterday morning.
Dr Shakhawat Hossain, an anesthesiologist of Islami Bank Central Hospital in Kakrail, was admitted at AMZ Hospital on May 29 after he tested positive for Covid-19.
He passed away around 7:45am in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, Zubair Al Hasan, billing officer of the hospital, told The Daily Star.
Meanwhile, another doctor Razia Sultana, 60, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital after she was tested positive and passed away around 7:30am yesterday.
Bangladesh Medical Association expressed condolences over the deaths of the two doctors.
With them, at least 22 doctors died with from Covid-19 while four died showing symptoms of the deadly disease. Besides, around 1,100 doctors were so far infected with the virus, according to Bangladesh Doctors' Foundation.
Many of the infected doctors have recovered and some of them have also returned to their jobs, it added.
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