Doctor was among five more persons who died due to covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, taking fatality count to 1445.Among those who succumbed to the virus include three from Kashmir Valley and two from Jammu division, officials told.Regarding the deaths from Valley, they said, two belonged to Baramulla and one to Srinagar district.Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) headed by Dr Suhail Naik said that one doctor, Dr Rajat died of COVID-19.“He was working as Post Graduate (PG) scholar in Department of Radiology at Govt Medical College (GMC) Jammu.”Dr. Rajat Gupta had Covid and he came out of it and joined back his duties and after 10 days he became sick again due to post Covid Complications. He was initially admitted to BE ENN Charitable Hospital in Jammu and later shifted to Narayana Hospital where he succumed to his illness. The DAK President said that Dr Rajat was a true martyr as he without caring for consequences of contracting the Covid 19 maintained the hippocratic oath and served his patients.With these deaths, the fatality count has reached 964 in Valley and 481 in Jammu region.Srinagar district with 346 deaths tops the list followed by Jammu (249), Baramulla (143), Budgam (92), Pulwama (80), Kupwara (71), Anantnag (74), Kulgam (46), Bandipora(45), Rajouri (46), Doda (45), Shopian (35), Ganderbal (32), Kathua (30), Udhampur (29), Samba (25), Poonch (23), Kishtwar(14), Ramban (13), and Reasi (7).
