VADODARA: Staffers of state-run
SSG Hospital in Vadodara bid a tearful farewell to one of hospital’s corona warriors on Monday.
Dayaram Vasava, a 44-year-old male nurse, who had tested Covid-19 positive before a week, passed away due to Covid-19 related complications on Sunday.
Vasava’s is the first death of a
corona warrior from a public hospital in Vadodara.
The government hospital’s nursing staff, doctors and other employees lined up to offer flowers and bid farewell to Vasava outside the post-mortem room of the hospital, the biggest government hospital of Central Gujarat.
“He was a very dear friend to me. After he tested positive of Covid-19 on November 17, he was under home quarantine. But on Sunday, he suddenly developed some complications and faced breathing problems after which he was on his way to hospital. He was brought to emergency ward of the hospital but doctors declared him brought dead,” said nursing association’s secretary Kamlesh Parmar.
Vasava, who worked as male nursing assistant, had served the government hospital for 15 years. “In June, he was also sent on deputation to Ahmedabad for Covid duty and even at SSG Hospital, he had handled Covid duties a couple of times,” said Parmar.
According to the state government’s announcement, the health worker’s family will receive Rs 50 lakh as compensation. As per the policy, kin of health workers who die due to
coronavirus infection in the line of duty are paid the compensation in the form of insurance pay-out.