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Jammu resident dies of virus in Ludhiana
65-year-old Jammu resident identified as Amrik Singh died at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) died in Ludhiana on Saturday
A 65-year-old man, identified as Amrik Singh, died at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in Ludhiana of Covid-19 on Saturday. He was a resident of RA Pura sector of Jammu and was a patient of renal failure.
He was rushed to the emergency on May 1 and shifted to ICU around noon on May 2. His sample for Covid-19 test was taken on May 4 the results came positive on May 5. He was kept in the emergency isolation ever since and succumbed on Saturday evening.
Confirming the death, nodal officer of Covid-19 at DMC&H Dr Ashwani Chaudhary said that the deceased was immunocompromised and a chronic case of renal failure patient.
Sources said that Amrik’s death has caused a flutter among the already panicked hospital staff.
Following his death, the staff of nephrology department, including an attending senior doctor, has been quarantined.
DISTRICT SEES TWO DEATHS IN A DAY
Earlier in the day, a 56-year-old Nanded returnee from Manuke village, Jagraon, had succumbed to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Ludhiana on Saturday.
Besides, two railway protection force (RPF) personnel and a 17-year-old tuberculosis (TB) patient also tested positive for the virus on Saturday.
The district’s tally now stands at 126. The two RPF personnel are not being counted in Ludhiana’s tally as they from Delhi. They had arrived with 40 other RPF personnel from Delhi on May 5 to assist in crowd control at the railway station where thousands of migrants have been pouring in over the last few days to catch trains to the home states.
The patient from Ludhiana is a 17-year-old girl, who is a resident of Haibowal area, She is a tuberculosis patient and is undergoing treatment at civil hospital.
