Virus claims life of one more doctor
Another doctor died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barisal yesterday.
Emdad Ullah, 58, a senior consultant at Barisal General Hospital, died around 5:35pm while receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
According to the Bangladesh Medical Association, 42 doctors have so far died from Covid-19.
Bakir Hossain, director of SBMCH, said he was admitted to the corona unit of the hospital on Thursday afternoon with Covid-19 symptoms.
Emdad was transferred to the ICU yesterday afternoon as his oxygen saturation level dropped below 70, he said.
Test results, which was received by the SBMCH authorities after his death, showed he was positive for coronavirus, said Bakir.
Emdad left his wife, who is also a doctor, two sons and a daughter to mourn his death.
More than 1,000 doctors have been infected countrywide with the virus.
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