LUCKNOW: In another jolt to the medical fraternity,
orthopaedic surgeon
and former chief medical superintendent (CMS) of
Balrampur Hospital
, Dr Rishi Kumar Saxena succumbed to the novel coronavirus on Friday. He was sixth city doctor to die of
Covid
in the past two weeks.
Dr Saxena had been admitted to Balrampur hospital where he had served as an orthopaedic surgeon and administrator for several years. He had also completed both doses of his vaccination against Covid-19.
“He was brought to the hospital in the early stage of the infection and we gave him the best treatment. But his oxygen level continued to fall. He was on ventilator support. Dr Saxena was a patient of hypertension,” said
Balrampur hospital CMS
Dr RK Gupta.
Tributes on social media started pouring as soon as the news about his demise was known. Head of KGMU’s pediatric orthopaedic department Dr Ajai Singh wrote, “He was an extremely humble person. Always good to everyone. It is a great loss to the medical fraternity. We can only pray for his noble soul to rest in peace.”
Last week, endocrinologist Dr KD Verma, pathologist Dr Raj Mehrotra and dean of KGMU’s dental department Dr Anil Chandra lost their lives. Prior to that, resident doctor at KGMU’s neurology department, Dr Zubair Ali, had died of covid-19. On Wednesday, the city lost cardiologist Dr Fazal Karim at Era’s Lucknow Medical College to Covid-19.
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