B’desh: Veteran journalist Mizanur Rahman Khan dies of COVID
Dhaka/Bangladeshi Veteran journalist and joint editor of Prothom Alo Mizanur Rahman Khan, who was tested positive for COVID-19 last Month, passed away here on Monday. He was 52.
He breathed his last on Monday evening while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here.
Mizanur Rahman is survived by his mother, wife, three children.
Rahman tested positive for coronavirus on 2 December and initially was admitted to Gonoshasthya Kendra on 5 December. As his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to Universal Medical College Hospital in Mohakhali on 10 December. He was under treatment in ICU there. As his condition worsened, he was put on the life support on Saturday afternoon. Then at 6:05pm Monday evening, the physicians declared him dead.
Zahid Ahmed Siddiqui, physician of Universal Medical College Hospital, told UNI that journalist Mizanur Rahman Khan was admitted there on 10 December. He was under treatment in the COVID-19 zone. Then on 15 and 16 December, he was tested negative. He was then shifted to the green zone and his treatment continued. He had to be administered oxygen all along.
The Prothom Alo family expressed deepest condolences to the grieving family