A photo of Congress MP Rajiv Satav. | Rajeev Satav/Facebook
Congress MP Rajeev Satav on Friday died in a hospital in Pune due to post-Covid complications, PTI reported. He was 46.
Satav had tested positive for the coronavirus on April 22. Although he had recovered from Covid-19 in a few days, his health deteriorated again after he was diagnosed with a new viral infection.
“Rajeev Satav became RT-PCR swab negative on May 9, 2021,” said Jehangir Hospital, where the Congress leader was admitted, according to NDTV. “However, after a prolonged illness he succumbed to secondary pneumonia with multi-organ dysfunction on May 16 at 4.58 am.”
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condoled Satav’s death and said this was a huge loss for the party. “He [Satav] was a leader with huge potential who embodied the ideals of the Congress,” Gandhi wrote. “It’s a big loss for all of us.”