This is the second death of a doctor within three days in Karachi.
Dr Firoz Ahmed Qasmi, a senior anaesthetist, was associated with Dow University of Health Sciences for eight years.
“He remained in the hospital’s intensive care unit for five days after being diagnosed with coronavirus on the first day of Eid,” said a spokesperson for the DUHS.
During treatment, Dr Firoz also developed a rare inflammatory disease of the brain, he added.
Earlier, Dr Iqbal Noori associated with a private hospital died of Covid-19 on Friday after remaining hospitalised for over a week.
A Dow Medical College graduate, Dr Noori was 54.