Neurosurgeon dies of Covid-19

A young neurosurgeon of Nishtar Hospital, Dr Muzammil Abbas, died of coronavirus on Wednesday after battling against the disease for over one and a half months.

Sources said Dr Abbas was a neurosurgeon in ward 14 of Nishtar Hospital and was diagnosed with the viral disease during his duty. He was shifted to CCU of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology (CPEIC) which had been set up for treatment of doctors on the request of Nishtar Medical College Principal Dr Iftikhar Hussain.

After the death of NMU VC Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha, he was shifted to Tayyip Erdogan Hospital Muzaffargarh on his own choice. After developing respiratory distress and high-grade fever, Dr Abbas was put on a ventilator.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 6^th, 2020.