KOLKATA : A senior doctor of the Employees' State Insurance Scheme under the state Labour department died due to Covid-19 on Thursday, a health department official said.Dr Rajib Gon Choudhury, Deputy Director (Planning) of the ESI was diagnosed with the contagion recently and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here.
He succumbed to the infection this afternoon, the official said.Gon Choudhury's death took the total number of doctors and health workers dying due to COVID-19 in the state to over 50, the official added.
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