DELHI COP HAS HEART SURGERY, DIES OF VIRUS

NEW DELHI: A 58-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector (SI), who had undergone heart surgery at a private hospital in Noida on June 22, died early Friday morning, five days after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the hospital itself, senior Delhi Police officers said.

Sub-inspector Dharamvir Singh’s family members suspect that he contracted the virus from someone at the hospital itself. They said that the result of his first test at the hospital after admission on June 12 was negative. The SI was posted to the district commissioner of police (north-west district) office at Ashok Vihar.

He was admitted to Kailash super speciality hospital in Noida for bypass surgery. At the time of admission, he tested negative for Covid-19. On June 22, he had bypass surgery, DCP (northwest) Vijayanta Arya said. “On Thursday, the hospital authorities informed Singh’s family that he was Covid-19 positive and today (Friday) early morning, they informed his family that he had passed away,” he said.