NIDCH doctor dies from dengue

Staff Reporter :
Asad Shikder, 34, a resident doctor of the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH), died of dengue on Sunday night.
The cause of his death was suspected to be dengue encephalitis. The Directorate General of Health Services issued a condolence message over his death the following day.
The Bangladesh Doctors’ Foundation’s (BDF) Chief Administrator, Dr Nirupom Das, said that the cause of death was taken to be dengue encephalitis. After two days of fever, Dr Asad had been taken to Mugda hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead.
Dr Asad passed MBBS from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College, Faridpur and passed 33rd BCS. He was on deputation as a Phase-B Resident at NIDCH.