Covid-19 claims former UP minister’s life

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Ghura Ram (63) died due to respiratory failure triggered by the novel coronavirus infection at KGMU on Thursday after being shifted from a hospital in Ballia.
Two more patients referred to Lucknow hospital from other districts succumbed to the infection.
Ram was the second politician after former deputy mayor Abhay Seth to have died in the city while undergoing treatment.Ram was admitted to a private hospital in Ballia on July 14 after he complained of breathing difficulty and was referred to KGMU on Wednesday. “He was admitted in a critical condition on Wednesday night. He was diabetic and his lungs were damaged significantly. He was kept in ICU, but his blood oxygen level kept dropping as his lungs gradually failed,” said KGMU spokesperson Dr Sudhir Singh.
Another death was of a woman patient from Ambedkarnagar. “She also had a heart condition, besides Covid-19 had damaged her lungs that led to cardiac arrest,” said Dr Singh. A male patient from Barabanki died at RMLIMS.