Updated: May 2, 2021, 10:32 AM IST The deadly COVID-19 virus is not just taking human lives but is also pushing them into depression ultimately leading to suicide. In an unfortunate incident, a resident doctor at a private hospital in Delhi has died by suicide due to severe stress amid the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The former chief of a top medical body tweeted and gave the information. "He was a very brilliant doctor from Gorakhpur (in Uttar Pradesh) and helped to save hundreds of lives during the pandemic," former Indian Medical Association (IMA) chief Dr Ravi Wankhedkar tweeted. The deceased doctor, Vivek Rai was treating COVID-19 positive patients at a private hospital in Delhi for the last one month. He had been dealing with seven to eight critical patients every day, Dr Wankhedkar said.