18-year-old suspect dies at LLR hosp

Kanpur: An 18-year-old youth, who was admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital (LLR) as a coronavirus suspect, died late on Saturday evening.
His test reports are awaited, said chief medical superintendent LLR hospital Dr RK Maurya.
The youth, a resident of a village in Ghatampur, was earlier admitted at a private nursing home in Ghatampur on Friday, and was later shifted to the LLR hospital on Saturday with symptoms of breathlessness, cough and fever, Dr Maurya said.
"On Saturday evening, he was kept on ventilator, but he vomited and later died," Dr Maurya said and added that though the youth was not Covid-19 positive, but his body was handed to his family members as per the protocol issued by the central government.

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