Dr Ashraf Mir, 48, with his wife and children | By special arrangement That day, his daughter Ayat said, Ashraf went to the hospital, but isolated himself in the family’s second house upon return. In the journey ahead, it’s this inspiration that is helping many push through the grief.Īlso Read: How ‘overburdened’ anaesthesiologists are silently leading India’s Covid battleĭr Ashraf Mir, a senior medical officer at the District Hospital Pulwama, first developed a fever on 16 July. Their grieving families speak of their struggle to move on - of trying to make peace with the empty chair at the dinner table - but also talk about being inspired by the sacrifice their loved ones made. Yet another doctor from Maharashtra was planning his son’s wedding when he contracted Covid-19 and died, and a Karnataka practitioner got the disease as he visited different districts to spread awareness about precautions.ĭr Ashraf of Pampore was a government doctor but ran a private practice on the side where he treated patients for free. There were the doctors from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra who treated their patients for a pittance, and another from West Bengal who left behind a two-year-old son. The deaths include starry-eyed beginners looking to make a difference, and those who refused to retire, reluctant to give up helping patients.

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