New Delhi: padma shri awardee and former President of the indian Medical Association Dr kk Aggarwal also lost the Covid-19 and passed away on monday night. The veteran doctor put up a tough fight at the age of 62 and remained on ventilator for about a week. He passed away at 11:30 pm last night at New Delhi’s All india Institute of Medical Sciences. The family shared about his demise through the official twitter account. The 62 year old was admitted to AIIMS for the past several days. Dr Aggarwal was a cardiologist and the head of the heart Care Foundation of India. He received the Dr bc Roy Award in 2005 and the Padma Shree in 2010.
"Even during the pandemic, he made constant efforts to educate the masses and was able to reach out to 100 million people through numerous videos and educational programmes and saved countless lives. He wanted his life to be celebrated and not mourned," the statement said. He finished his schooling in delhi and attained MBBS from nagpur University. Since the outbreak of pandemic, he had been posting videos on the disease and sharing insights about various aspects of the disease and its management.
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