A 57-year-old orthopaedic doctor, Surajit Nandi, of Kolkata's Vidyasagar State General Hospital has died of Covid-19, sources said on Monday.
As many as 28 doctors have reportedly died of coronavirus in West Bengal so far.
A frontline corona warrior, Nandi tested positive for Covid-19 three weeks ago and was admitted to the CMRI Hospital at Ekbalpur. He died late Saturday night.
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A 57-year-old <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orthopaedic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#orthopaedic</a> doctor, Surajit Nandi, of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kolkata?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kolkata</a>'s Vidyasagar State General Hospital has died of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Covid19</a>, sources said on Monday. As many as 28 doctors have reportedly died of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WestBengal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WestBengal</a> so far. <a href="https://t.co/3Sa7c0jp2V">pic.twitter.com/3Sa7c0jp2V</a>
&mdash; IANS Tweets (@ians_india) <a href="https://twitter.com/ians_india/status/1307998474969866240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Before joining the Vidyasagar Hospital at Behala, Nandi was associated with the Darjeeling district hospital where he served as an orthopaedic sergeant for a decade.
According to sources, Nandi was quite popular among his colleagues and patients at the hospital and was treating patients amid the coronavirus pandemic in the last six months.
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