50 Doctors Reported Dead In 1 Day From Covid-19 Across India: Medical Body

Only 66 per cent of India's healthcare workers have been fully vaccinated. (File)
New Delhi:
Anas Mujahid, 26, a junior Resident Doctor at Delhi's Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital  -- a dedicated Covid specialty -- died within hours of testing positive due to Covid. He is the youngest of 244 doctors who have lost their lives to Covid this year in India's second wave. Last year, 736 doctors had lost their lives during the first wave. A total of nearly 1,000 doctors across India have lost their lives due to Covid so far.
Mujahid is survived by his parents and four siblings.
A week has gone by, but his friend and colleague Dr Aamir Sohail is still struggling to come to terms with the loss.

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