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New Delhi: Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, an eminent pulmonologist and former chief of the Department of Medicine at the all india Institute of Medical Sciences, new Delhi, had tested positive for COVID-19 early this week, died at his residence on Saturday.
File photo of the AIIMS, Delhi. PTI
79 years of age, Dr. Pande and his wife tested positive for the infection Tuesday, with mild symptoms and they decided to remain in the house of isolation, ” said AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria.
But his wife was shifted to the AIIMS hospital on Saturday. “We followed him regularly and said that he was improving. Yesterday, he had his dinner and went to sleep and then died in the dream, possibly due to an acute cardiac event,” Dr Guleria said.
Dr Pande had co-morbid conditions.
“The knowledge and humility can coexist, and Dr. Pande was an archetype of that. It was a great human being, and it is a great loss to the medical community. AIIMS family will miss him more, because he joined AIIMS as an MBBS student and retired as the head of the Department of Medicine” Dr Guleria said.
Update date: 25 May 2020 09:07:07 IST
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