CHATTOGRAM: Dr Irin Zaman, registrar of Mother and Child Care Hospital’s gynecologist department, died from coronavirus infection in Chattogram on Tuesday (July 14).
She was 34.
Irin died at 1:40pm while undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).
CMCH Assistant Director Dr Aftabul Islam confirmed the matter to media.
After being infected with Covid-19, Irin, wife of Dr Maijul Akbar-organizing secretary of Bangladesh Medical Association’s Chattogram unit, was first admitted to the ICU of Mother and Child Care Hospital.
Later she was transferred to CMCH. Her lungs were badly damaged due to the infection.
With this, a total of 11 doctors have died of coronavirus or coronavirus like symptoms in Chattogram.
BDST: 1743 HRS, JULY 14, 2020
AP