420 DOCTORS DIED DURING SECOND COVID WAVE: IMA

NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) said on Sunday that at least 420 doctors across the country have succumbed to the Covid-19 infection during the second wave of the pandemic. Nearly one fourth of these deaths have been reported from Delhi, it added.

Some of the prominent doctors who have succumbed to viral disease include former health minister and physician AK Walia, renowned cardiologist and former head of IMA Dr KK Agarwal and gastroenterologist Dr RK Himthani. According to the IMA registry, while DelhiNCR accounted for 100 deaths of doctors, Bihar recorded 96 and Uttar Pradesh 41. During the first wave of Covid, 747 doctors died.