PESHAWAR: A young doctor who had contracted the novel coronavirus while screening some infected pilgrims returning from Iran and Iraq in Gilgit-Baltistan lost the battle to COVID-19 disease on Sunday.
Admitting his services for humanity Gilgit-Baltistan government has decided to award him a national hero.
Dr Usama Riaz developed serious complications two days after testing positive for the coronavirus and was shifted to the district headquarters hospital in Gilgit where medics put him on a ventilator due to his critical situation. However, he passed away on Sunday.
G-B’s Information Department confirmed the death, saying Dr Usama Riaz has sacrificed his life in the war against the coronavirus. “He will be declared a national hero,” it added.
Govt of GB and CM Task Force on Social and Youth Development GB, pays special Tribute to our young National Hero Dr Usama who lost his precious life while fighting against CoronaVirus. Best example to serve humanity. https://t.co/nle6sPdBj8 pic.twitter.com/n9ptvpyXUx
— CM Task Force On Youth And Social Development GB (@CmTask) March 22, 2020
“Dr Usama proved himself the real hero by sacrificing his life to save others,” G-B Information Minister Shams Mir said. “He was deputed to screen pilgrims returning from the Taftan border crossing and at an isolation centre set up for COVID-19 patients in G-B,” he added.
Dr Usama’s colleagues called his death a “huge loss” and complained that the government had not provided protective equipment to the medical and paramedical staff screening the pilgrims or those deputed at the isolation centre.
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