A senior physician of Square Hospital has died from the COVID-19 at the age of 67.
Medicine specialist Dr Mirza Nazim Uddin, Director of medical services at Square, passed away in intensive care unit at the hospital around 3:30 pm Sunday.
Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) confirmed the news.
Mirza Nazim had fallen sick for two weeks, BMA Secretary-General Dr Ehteshamul Huq Choudhury said.
Dr Nazim is survived by his wife Dr Khaleda Yeasmin Mirza and their two sons and daughter.
On Jun 4, the Foundation for Doctors’ Safety, Rights and Responsibilities said that 18 doctors died from coronavirus infections, while five others died with its.
Since then, two other doctors have died from the disease, taking the tally of physicians’ deaths in this virus epidemic to 20 in the country.
