Doctor Working In Delhi Hospital's Covid Ward Dies By Suicide

"He was a very brilliant doctor from Gorakhpur (in Uttar Pradesh) and helped to save hundreds of lives during the pandemic," former Indian Medical Association chief Dr Ravi Wankhedkar said

A resident doctor at a private hospital in Delhi has died by suicide due to severe stress amid the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the former chief of a top medical body tweeted. "He was a very brilliant doctor from Gorakhpur (in Uttar Pradesh) and helped to save hundreds of lives during the pandemic," former Indian Medical Association (IMA) chief Dr Ravi Wankhedkar tweeted. Dr Vivek Rai had been looking after Covid patients at the private hospital for the last one month, the ex-IMA chief said. He had been dealing with seven to eight critical patients every day, Dr Wankhedkar said, adding the young doctor developed depression after more and more people kept dying.