CMCH physician among three dies from COVID-19

Chittagong Medical College HospitalFile photo

Three people, including a physician of Chittagong Medical College Hospital, died from coronavirus in Chattogram on Thursday.

The deceased physician was Muhid Hasan, a medical officer at the emergency department of CMCH.

Faysal Iqbal Chowdhury, general secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association’s Chattogram unit, confirmed his death, saying Muhid tested positive for the virus over a week ago.

“He succumbed to the coronavirus while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of CMCH,” he said, adding that the deadly virus has so far infected 73 physicians there and claimed two physicians’ lives.

Two more persons died from COVID-19 while being treated at Chittagong General Hospital.

Abdur Rob, senior consultant at the medicine department of the CGH, said the duo died at the ICU in the morning. They both are from Chattogram metropolitan area.

Bangladesh continues to witness surges in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths as the health authorities announced the detection of 2,423 new cases and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours on Thursday.

With the latest figures, the death toll reached 781 while the number of confirmed cases stood at 57,563, said Nasima Sultana, additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) at a regular online briefing.