Senior doctor in Delhi dies

New Delhi: A senior doctor who was working at a COVID-19 hospital in Delhi died early this morning. He was 56. Doctor Asheem Gupta, was working as an anaesthesia specialist in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital, which has been declared a COVID-19 hospital.

He was being treated at Max Hospital in Saket for past two weeks. His condition deteriorated late on Saturday and he died few hours later, officials said.

Doctor Asheem Gupta was one of the medics that NDTV had interviewed on May 3 when the air force had showered flowers on the hospital as a mark of respect to healthcare workers in their fight against COVID-19.

Dr Gupta is survived by his wife and two sons. His wife had also got infected with COVID-19 but she recovered a few days ago. One of his son is pursuing graduation in Engineering, while the other is studying medicine.

Over 300 doctors have lost their lives since the pandemic was first reported in the country seven months ago.

LNJP hospital was declared a COVID-19 dedicated hospital on March 17. Since then, it has successfully treated more than 2,700 coronavirus patients and sent them home.