Mumbai: 21-Year-Old COVID-Positive Patient Dies In Kalwa Hospital, Family Claims Natural Causes

A 21-year-old man from Mumbra, who had tested positive for COVID-19  died at the state government-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa on Saturday.  The victim has been identified as Wasim Fahim Sayyed (21), a resident of Mumbra in Thane. 

Dr. Rakesh Barot, the hospital dean, stated that the patient was admitted to the hospital on Thursday with type one diabetes and ketoacidosis, a serious complication in which the body produces excess blood acids, and the infection was fast spreading. 

The patient was shifted to the intensive care unit and placed on a ventilator. The COVID-19 report came on Friday night and confirmed  that he had tested positive. Subsequently, he died on Saturday at about 6 AM before being shifted to the isolation room.

Dr. Anirudhha Malegaonkar of the hospital stated that ``we diagnosed him with uncontrolled diabetes and fast spreading infection in the  lungs.The body was handed over to his family members for final rites in  adherence to COVID-19 norms."  No post-mortem was performed as per COVID protocol. The victim's family members and the area where he lived are being medically surveyed.

Fahim Sayyed, the father of Wasim Sayyed, told the media that his son had been a diabetes patient since the age of seven, and his insulin was discontinued. He was admitted to the hospital when he was unconscious. Fahim further stated that he did not die due to COVID-19 but from natural causes.