Yet another AIIMS Delhi staffer dies due to COVID-19

In what could set alarm bells ringing, a senior sanitisation supervisor at AIIMS Delhi died due to COVID-19, a few days after the disease had claimed the life of a mess worker at the hospital.

New Delhi: In yet another death due to COVID-19 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, a senior sanitisation supervisor passed away due to the illness on Sunday.

Adarsh Pratap Singh, president of the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association, said the deceased used to work as a supervisor at the Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (RAK) OPD.

Singh said that the deceased health worker was extremely cautious, and always asked people to sanitise themselves before meeting him. Though he always carried tow bottles of sanitiser with him all the time, the disease got to hims, Singh said.

An extremely loved figure at AIIMS, the deceased health worker had played an important role in the setting up of the AIIMS SC/ST Employees' Welfare Association, Singh added.

The deceased body has now been kept at the mortuary in the trauma centre.

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Meanwhile, Dr Amrinder Singh Malhi, the former RDA, expressed grief over the death of the health worker, adding that the deaths of frontline workers could adversely affect India's fight against the pandemic.

The development comes a few days after a mess worker had died due to COVID-19 at AIIMS-Delhi.

The RDA had alleged that he died because the hostel administration did not take precautionary measures as demanded by it more than a month ago.

The association also alleged the hostel superintendent tried to present the death as a "possible cardiac event" and demanded his and the senior warden's resignation.

The association had demanded regular screening and other safety measures like provision of thermal scanner, sanitizer, masks etc. to ensure mess workers are able to work safely.

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