Corona Fatalities and Infections in healthcare workers Worldwide

17/01/2024

31/10/2022

Height of apathy and indifference... Only 428 corona Martyrs families have been honored till now.
(This cannot be called "compensation" anyway.. Nobody can compensate families for their loss)

04/08/2022

Majority of Docs who succumbed to while treating patients are not beneficiaries of PMGKP : RTI Data shows .
IMA have submitted a list of 1800 docs ,who succumbed to the pandemic in India. As per the RTI reply only 445 are beneficiaries of the GOI scheme
https://t.co/W0Rm068xap

“Majority of Docs who succumbed to while treating patients are not beneficiaries of PMGKP : RTI Data shows . IMA have submitted a list of 1800 docs ,who succumbed to the pandemic in India. As per the RTI reply only 445 are beneficiaries of the GOI scheme ”

04/08/2022

EXTREMELY DISHEARTENING!!

*Majority of the docs who died of Covid were not compensated/ not eligible for compensation under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance scheme : RTI Data shows*

As per the reply to my Query under RTI Act 2005

(6) Total compensation disbursed to the relatives of doctors who died of Covid-19 infection during this period by the Government of India & the list of doctors (January 27, 2020 to 30th June 2022 )

Reply :-
As per the transferred application from Deptt .of Health & Family Welfare for point no.6 we reply to the same here as below,
*As on date a total no.of 445(Four hundred and forty five) beneficiaries have been compensated for the doctors who died due to Covid-19 under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance scheme.Amount disbursed isRs.222.50 crores*(Two hundred and twenty two crores& Fifty lacs only)

The HINDU Reports

*Jayesh Lele, honourary secretary general, IMA, told The Hindu on Wednesday that the organisation had handed over a list of 1,800 doctors, who lost their lives to the pandemic till the third wave, to the Union government*.

“But we have not received any communication on the number of those who died from the government. But they have paid compensation to the relatives of healthcare workers,” he added. Dr. Babu said that a majority of the doctors who died were working in the private sector in hospitals which are not designated or peripheral hospitals in the government sector. It seems there is no social security measures for a majority of them, he said .

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/centre-has-no-clear-data-on-doctors-dead-due-to-covid-19/article65721309.ece

IMA says 1,800 doctors lost their lives due to the pandemic

01/05/2022

Update

1327th
RIP
Mrs Kamlesh
Health Sanitation Worker
LNJP Hospital
Delhi

Had succumbed to Covid 19 during the pandemic, having contracted the infected on duty in LNJP Hospital.
Family finally received 1 Crore Rs compensation from Delhi Govt on 29th April.

Source- TOI news article

01/05/2022

Finally one more gets recognized..

( Times Of India 1/5/2022)

03/04/2022

26/03/2022

Dear friends..

Please raise your voice for the family of Dr Jha and many others who sacrificed their life during the pandemic.
It is deeply disheartening to see that the voices which are to be heard loud are not even reaching even a few ears.
Nothing can be compensated for the life of many doctors who gave their life during covid but atleast providing them support and giving them a voice is the least we can do being in this fraternity.

*No matter whatever ideology we have first and foremost we are Doctors , And it is our responsibility to be their voice*.*

Its the least we can do for their greiving families.

Please spare 2 mins and do watch this video and raise the voice for her

https://www.thequint.com/my-report/two-years-covid-lockdown-doctor-in-bokaro-died-due-to-covid-no-compensation

I know how doctors have done their duty in such tough situations when no PPE kits or masks were available.

12/03/2022

06/03/2022

02/02/2022

HELP FOR OUR LATE HCW WARRIORS...

Grameen Foundation India has launched an initiative ‘Grameen Cares’ to honour healthcare workers who lost their lives during the second wave (w.e.f. March 2021) by providing families of the deceased with an emergency cash assistance of INR 1 Lakh across 3 cities (Delhi, Varanasi and Nagpur).
The initiative has helped six familes across Delhi and wishes to serve 81 families.
Please contact below if you are eligible or can put us through to deserving families.

For any further queries, contact:
tpalmo@grameenfoundation.in
7018672338

24/01/2022

1326th
RIP HCW

Mrs Shakuntala Devi
Staff Nurse
Community health Centre
Macchlishahr
Jaunpur
UP

A dedicated HCW entrusted with covid vaccination in her community, became infected in the line of her duty on 17/1/2022.
Succumbed to Covid 19 on 23/1/2022

Source - Indian Medicos fb group

17/01/2022

1325th
RIP
Dr Pramila Gupta
Senior Gynecologist
Past President of POGS
Retd prof of Obs& Gyne
PMCH
Patna,
Bihar

Succumbed to covid and covid related Complications on 16/2/2022

Source - Docso/RPSM trust against Covid

14/01/2022

RIP

1,80,000 HCW deaths from Covid worldwide...

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-10-2021-health-and-care-worker-deaths-during-covid-19

Health and care workers are the foundation of health systems and the driving force to achieving universal health coverage and global health security. Their commitment and professionalism throughout the pandemic are evident to all: extraordinary people, performing extraordinary work. However, too man...

13/01/2022

1324th

RIP
Dr Parijat Bikash Roy 65 yrs
NRS medical College alumnus
(batch of 1975)
Member IMA (Barasat Branch)
Barasat
WB

Succumbed to covid along with other comorbidities on 3rd January 2022.
He was fully vaccinated

Source - Personal communication Dr S Banerjee

10/01/2022

1323rd
RIP Young brave Warrior

Dr Shilpi 28
Epidemiologist, Malaria dept
Infectious Dis Surveillance Centre
Civil Hospital
Sirsa,
Haryana

Had congenital single kidney.
Was fully vaccinated (2 doses)
She had Covid both times (2nd wave and 3rd wave) but continued working.
Succumbed to Covid in 3rd wave, on 9th Jan 2022, at Saroj Hospital, Delhi

Source - Personal communication, Dr A. Mishra/Docso

02/01/2022

1322nd

RIP
Dr Satya Narain Choudhary, 60
Deputy CMOH 1
Purulia district
WB
(Alumni of BMC)

Succumbed to Covid 19 at Apollo hospital, Kolkata today (2/1/2022). He was diabetic and fully vaccinated.

Source - Personal communication Dr S Banerjee

11/12/2021

1321st
RIP
Dr Debjit Chatterjee
(RGKar 81 Alumnus)
Asso Proff
Pathology
College of Medicine, Kalyani
WB

Succumbed to post Covid complications,on ventilator recently.
He was fully vaccinated (2 doses)

Source - Personal communication Dr S Banerjee

08/12/2021

Around 22.12 lakh HCW covered under insurance scheme, in 1509 deaths payment of 50 lakh insurance has been made - GOI.

(Source - Dr Vipul Shah)

12/11/2021

1320th
RIP ANGEL !

Dr Gamba Padu Riba
MBBS(LHMC), MD(Path)(RIMS, Imphal)
State Pathologist
THRIMS, Naharlagun
Arunachal Pradesh
Known for her extensive charitable work among special kids at Helping Hands NGO and Doni Polo Blind School, Itanagar

Succumbed to post Covid multiorgan failure on 9/11 at AIIMS, Delhi.
Source- Dr Abhishek/Docso

09/11/2021

1319th
RIP
Dr Kaushik Ghosh 59
Physician
Balurghat Dist Hospital
Alumnus RGKMC
Kolkata
WB

Was in home isolation since testing positive for Covid on 4th November. Deteriorated on 8 th November and Succumbed to covid yesterday, (08/11/2021)
Source - Personal communication Dr S Banerjee

02/11/2021

1318th
RIP
Dr Debashis Mitra
DM(cardio)
Senior Cardiologist
RNT/Narayana Hospital
Kolkata
WB
succumbed to post Covid complications today(03/11/2021)

He was fully vaccinated and negative at time of demise.
Source - Docso/DOPA

09/10/2021

STILL FALLING !

1317th
RIP
Dr. Sravan Kumar Murmu
1976 alumnus, RG Kar medical college.
GDMO
Purba Medinipur District Hospital, Tamluk
West Bengal.

Succumbed to Covid on 1/10/2021

Source - Personal communication Dr S Banerjee

24/09/2021

1316th
RIP
Dr.Archanesh Roy Chowdhury 70 Radiologist
Alumnus of North Bengal Medical College
Retd from state health services. Jalpaiguri
WB

Succumbed to Covid at a nursing home in Siliguri on 21/9/ 2021.
Source - Personal communication Dr V Banerjee

15/09/2021

1315th
Delta death !
RIP

Dr. Balakrishna Shetty
Surgeon
Mangalore
Karnataka

Succumbed to Delta variant of COVID-19 recently.
Source- Dr Ashutosh Mishra/Docso

09/09/2021

1314th
RIP
Dr.Rudra Kumar Iswarary, 63
Chief Medical Officer
Alipurduar District
West Bengal
Alumni of North Bengal Medical College & Hospital, Darjeeling

Succumbed to post Covid complications on 8/9/2021. Vaccinated with both doses of Covishield.

Source - Personal communication Dr Anurag (son) and Dr S. Banerjee

05/09/2021

1313rd
RIP

Dr.Somnath Ghosal 60
GP
RG Kar alumnus.
Resident of Panitras
Howrah, West Bengal.

Unvaccinated by choice.

Succumbed to Covid pneumonia in Kolkata this morning (5/9/21)
Source-Personal communication Dr S Banerjee

05/09/2021

1312st
RIP
Dr. Gouranga Goswami 72
G.P.
"Rs. 5/- doctor" (his fee for past 40 yrs)
Calcutta Medical College 1978 alumnus
Kalna
WB
Succumbed to post Covid complications at Kolkata on 4/9/2021.
Source - Personal communication Dr S. Banerjee