UNB, Jashore
Another Bangladeshi who returned from India died in institutional quarantine in Jashore on Sunday afternoon. Bimal Chandra Dey, 58, a resident of Shariatpur upazila died around 5pm at Jashore Chest Disease Hospital. Civil Surgeon Sheikh Abu Shaheen said Bimal went to India for lung cancer treatment with his son and daughter-in-law.
They returned through Benapole on May 8 and have been staying at the hotel in quarantine. Bimal was taken to the hospital around 5pm as his condition started deteriorating, said the Civil Surgeon. “He and his family members tested negative in an antigen test. Their samples were collected for the RT-PCR test,” he said.
The body was taken to Shariatpur with the help of police, Civil Surgeon Shaheen said. On May 13, Ambia Khatun, 34, a Covid positive India returnee suffering from kidney diseases died in Jashore during institutional quarantine.
