Nagpur: Dr Rohini Gajbhiye, a 26-year-old microbiologist from Nagpur, who was serving at Gondia Government Medical College and Hospital, died of Covid on Monday night. She was in the forefront of tackling Covid since many days.
Recently, Gajbhiye was moved to Bai Gangabai Women’s Hospital in Gondia where she was pursuing PG diploma in child health.
Sources at Gondia
GMCH informed that Gajbhiye was at the Covid hospital as per schedule for more than two months and must have got infected while working in the OPD of the paediatric ward.
In GMCH, regular RT-PCR tests of all doctors are conducted as per protocol. On November 5, Gajbhiye tested negative on RT-PCR. Laid low with fever later, Gajbhiye got herself tested again on November 13 when she was confirmed positive.
Gajbhiye was immediately admitted and her treatment started. On Monday, she suffered a cardiac arrest following which she died, said sources. GMCH Gondia dean was not available for comment.
Gajbhiye is Vidarbha’s first resident doctor to die on Covid duty. Earlier, four senior doctors in government hospitals had died in Vidarbha due to the virus. More than 35 doctors, including five paediatricians, in private set-up have died of Covid so far in the region.
As per the state health department’s record, 144 health care workers, including doctors, have succumbed to the virus. Dr Avinash Bhondwe, IMA state president said that as per their records, 62 doctors have succumbed to Covid so far. “We don’t have a detailed list of deaths in government hospitals,” he said.