Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 25 Apr 2020, 06:15 am Print
Islamabad: A senior doctor at Peshawar's Hayatabad Medical Complex died after being infected by COVID-19, media reports said on Saturday.
According to reports, Mohammad Javed was an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist.
He had been working inside the Covid-19 ward of the hospital, media reports said.
"He was on the front lines to combat the coronavirus," hospital's director Shehzad Faisal told Dawn News.
The hospital director told Dawn that Dr Javed had tested positive for the coronavirus a week ago and was on a ventilator.
"More than a dozen doctors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have tested positive for the coronavirus," the director said.
Dr Javed our renowned professor at HMC embraced Shahdat fighting against Covid-19. He remained in front line saving lives of our people against the disease. He set very high standards of professional pride and integrity not only for his fellow medical community but for all of us. pic.twitter.com/yaRQJyiesX
— Mahmood Khan (@IMMahmoodKhan) April 25, 2020
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan tweeted: "Dr Javed our renowned professor at HMC embraced Shahdat fighting against Covid-19. He remained in front line saving lives of our people against the disease. He set very high standards of professional pride and integrity not only for his fellow medical community but for all of us."
Meanwhile, the COVID-19 infection in the country touched 12,507.
The country has witnessed 261 deaths.
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