Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): A 70-year-old COVID-19 positive patient, who was admitted to a Srinagar hospital, breathed his last this afternoon. With this, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (UT) has recorded its fifth death due to the pandemic.
The medical superintendent at Jehlum Valley College Hospital Bemina, also known as SKIMS hospital Bemina, Dr Shafia Deva told NVI that a 70-year-old patient from Arampora village in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district succumbed to the disease in the afternoon. He was admitted to the hospital 10 days ago, she added.
“The condition of elderly man deteriorated this afternoon after which he succumbed,” she said. The doctor said that at present, 95 COVID-19 patients are undergoing treatment at the JVC hospital.
The deceased man, as per doctors, had a travel history from Saudi Arabia where he performed Umrah. He was tested in the first week of April and his results came positive.
Earlier, the deadly virus had claimed four lives including a woman. On April 8, a 61-year-old lady from Udhampur died at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu. On April 7, a 54-year-old man from Bandipora died at SMHS hospital Srinagar.
On March 29, a 50-year-old man from Tangmarg, Baramulla district died at Chest Diseases Hospital, Srinagar. Coronavirus claimed first life on March 25, when a 65-year-old Tableeghi Jamaat preacher of Srinagar died in the Chest & Diseases Hospital.
An official said a proper protocol will be followed while carrying out the last rites of the latest victim. As per the guidelines set by the Ministry of Home Affairs, kissing, hugging and the burial bath of the person who dies of COVID-19 has been banned. As per guidelines, a few persons, who are close relatives of the deceased are allowed to participate in the funeral ceremony and take part in the burial.
