Two patients admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) hospital died late on Tuesday night. As a precautionary measure, the hospital authorities have sent their samples for COVID-19 test. The administration has decided that their bodies would be handed over to their relatives after the report of their samples arrive.
It is learnt that a 23 year old man was referred to the GDMC hospital on Tuesday afternoon. The youth was suffering from fever and was complaining of body ache and uneasiness. His X- ray report suggested that he was suffering from pneumonia. The youth belonged to Nainital and was working as a cook in a private school in Dehradun. On Tuesday night he died in the ICU of the hospital.
Another person who died in the ICU was a 75 year old person. He was admitted in the hospital on Monday after he complained about problem in breathing. It is learnt that on March 21 he had returned from Dubai where his son resided. He was kept in institutional quarantine for 14 days in Delhi. The man was also tested for COVID-19 there and his report was found negative. On April 7, he returned to his home in Dehradun and was in isolation. The doctors treating him reveal that the elderly man was suffering from asthama and he had caught pneumonia. In GDMC hospital, he was first admitted in the flu ward and then shifted to ICU when his condition deteriorated. On Tuesday late night, he died. The deputy medical superintendent (MS) of the GDMC hospital, Dr N S Khatri said that the samples of both the deceased were sent for COVID-19 test and their bodies would be handed over to their relatives after the report arrives from lab.