Another doc dies from Covid-19
Another physician has died of Covid-19 in the country.
Hematologist Prof Col (retd) Md Moniruzzaman breathed his last at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Sunday evening.
He is the second coronavirus positive physician to die in the country, Nirupam Das, chief administrator of Bangladesh Doctors' Foundation, said yesterday.
Kawser Ahmed, cousin of the deceased, said he was suffering from fever for the last two days, but he did not have any other visible symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
"On Sunday, he felt chest pain and thought maybe it was a cardiac issue. He was then taken to CMH where he died," he added.
On Sunday night, the hospital authorities confirmed that he was Covid-19 positive, Kawser told The Daily Star, adding that the other family members "were sick and in isolation at home".
Prof Moniruzzaman, in his 60s, worked at Anwar Khan Modern Medical College Hospital and was also involved in three other private hospitals in the capital, said Prof Md Eklasur Rahman, principal of the medical college.
The physician came to Anwar Khan Modern Medical College Hospital (in the morning) and had saline after he felt ill, he added.
After he felt better, he returned home following a visit to another hospital he was engaged with, the doctor said.
He was taken to the CMH when his condition worsened. He died around 6:00pm on Sunday, Eklasur added.
Moniruzzaman was buried at Banani Graveyard yesterday in presence of two of his close family members, said cousin Kawser.
Bangladesh reported the first death of a physician, Moyeen Uddin, an assistant professor of medicine at the Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital, on April 15.
According to Bangladesh Doctor's Foundation data updated until May 2, 540 doctors have so far been infected with the coronavirus.
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