Celebrated medic Rabin Bose, who headed the forensic examination into the mysterious killing of "stoneman" some years ago, died of COVID-19.
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Forensic medicine expert octogenarian Rabin Bose, who was admitted in the dedicated COVID hospital at Beliaghata, breathed his last on August 6 evening, after about 22 days of hospitalisation. A popular father figure among the medical students, former professor Rabin Bose, who had been in the forefront in the forensic examination of the mysterious stoneman's killing, had a history of COPD and ischemic heart disease.
The government has dedicated six beds exclusively for third gender Corona patients at the M R Bangur hospital in south Kolkata. The rapid antigen test has been started across the state as the Swastha Bhawan has already dispatched kits to the government hospitals. Meanwhile, the West Bengal Government on August 6 announced of launching a COVID-19 Patient Management System (CPMS). The system would enable anyone to receive continuous updated health report of the patients at both government and private hospitals in the state.
The State Chief Secretary said the CPMS is one its kind in the country where one can access the patient's updated health report by just a click. The initiative was taken amid reports of complaints from patients of not getting the latest health bulletin following restricted entry in COVID-19 hospitals. The COVID-19 toll in Bengal rose to 1902 on August 6 with 56 more deaths and the confirmed cases touched 86,754 with 2,954 new cases.
According to the latest State Government Health Bulletin, the count of discharged accounted for 61,023 with 2,061 recovering till August 6. The discharge rate stood at 70.34 percent. The count of active cases stood at 23,829. Total number of samples tested accounted for 10,28,251 with 25,224 tested on August 6. Of the total 1,902 casualties across West Bengal, Kolkata accounted for 887, followed by neighbouring North 24 Parganas 430 and Howrah district 232. The mortality rate was 2.2 percent.
