He suffered from myasthenia gravis, a long-term neuromuscular disorder. (Representative)
Hyderabad:
A 33-year-old journalist working for a Telugu television station died on Sunday morning of COVID-19 aftermath at Gandhi public hospital in Hyderabad.
The journalist was admitted to hospital on June 4 after being referred from another public hospital, where he had tested positive.
The reporter had bilateral pneumonia with type 1 respiratory failure and acute respiratory illness syndrome (ARDS) upon admission, doctors at the hospital said.
He also suffered from myasthenia gravis, a long-term neuromuscular disorder that causes varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness, they said.
“He was in intensive care and was looked after by a 24-hour team of doctors. I also visited him very frequently. But this morning, he had a cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at 9:37 am”, Gandhi Hospital The superintendent Dr M Raja Rao said Sunday.
In the past week, at least 13 journalists have tested positive for coronavirus in the state and are undergoing treatment.
Telangana has witnessed a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases, with 154 infections and 14 deaths reported on Sunday, bringing the number in the state to 3,650 and deaths to 137.
