KATHMANDU, Oct 1: In the first such case in Nepal, a doctor died of COVID-19 in Surkhet district on Thursday.
According to Kritipal Subedi, general secretary at the Government Doctors' Association of Nepal, 58-year-old senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Hari Sapkota of Bheri Zonal Hospital died of COVID-19 in the course of treatment. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Bheri Zonal Hospital.
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Dr Saptoka was put on ventilator support 10 days ago after he tested positive for COVID-19.