20 docs have died in TN, says med council
Chennai: 05.08.2020
At least 20 doctors have died of Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu so far, according to reports collated by the state wing of the Indian Medical Council. The doctors’ body has urged the state to offer a compensation of Rs50 lakh to the family members of these doctors.
“We have so far sent death certificates and test reports of 18 doctors in the state to the chief minister’s office. We have reports of two more doctors. We are in the process of collecting information regarding more doctors from 166 branches of IMA across the state,” said IMA state president Dr CN Raja. “All doctors are like soldiers in the battle field. Their death is martyrdom,” he told TOI.
In April, a Chennai-based senior neurosurgeon Dr Simon Hercules was among the first doctors to succumb to the viral infection. Since then several doctors have died due to the viral infection. TNN
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