India Reports First Doctor Death due to COVID-19!

A doctor from Indore succumbed to the deadly coronavirus on Thursday, days after contracting the disease. This is the first fatality among the frontline health workers in India.

Dr Shatrughan Panjwani, who was a family physician and lived in Rupram Nagar of Indore, had tested positive for coronavirus a few days ago, and passed away around 4 am on Thursday morning, said Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Pravin Jadiya.

Dr Panjwani was at first admitted to Gokuldas Hospital, but was later shifted to CHL Apollo Hospital in Indore. Then he was moved to the Aurobindo Hospital where he breathed his last.

With Dr Panjwani’s demise, the number of deaths in Indore has risen to 22. Of the 381 total number of cases in Madya Pradesh, 213 are from Indore, making it the epicenter of the state.