Also Read | 'Exhausted, frustrated, depressed': India's second Covid wave takes a toll on doctors"He was specialising in urology.
Before testing positive on April 26, he had been offering his services at the COVID ward. He was admitted to the isolation room of the ward immediately after contracting the disease," Sanjeev Kumar said."The young doctor was shifted to the ICU about a week later after his condition deteriorated.
For the past 10 days, he had been on ventilator support. All measures, including tracheotomy, were tried to resuscitate our young colleague," he added.According to the Indian Medical Association, more than 500 doctors have lost their lives while attending to their duties during the second COVID-19 wave.