Dr Md Moyeen Uddin, assistant professor of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College (SOMC), has been laid to rest beside his parents’ graves at Nadampur village of Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj.
He was buried as per the directives of World Health Organization’s (WHO) on Covid-19 patient’s burial at 8:30pm on Wednesday, Chhatak Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Golam Kabir confirmed.
UNO Golam Kabir said six people in personal protection equipment (PPE) participated in Dr Moyeen’s namaj-e-janaza before burying him.
Locals were not allowed to attend the funeral prayer due to the health risks, however, a small group of family members and friends took part from afar.
The mortal remains of Bangladesh’s first doctor to die of Covid-19 reached his village home at 7:30pm. Hours before the body arrived, law enforcers and the local administration cordoned off the home in an effort to keep the locals away to contain the spread of the virus.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in Bangladesh, Dr Moyeen had been working on the frontlines in the battle against the coronavirus in Sylhet, during which he was most likely infected.
He was tested positive after the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) tested his sample on April 5. He became the first coronavirus patient in Sylhet. Before that, Dr Moyeen was in home-quarantine from March 30.
As his condition deteriorated, he was admitted to a local hospital on April 7. The next day he was shifted to Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka.
Doctors at the ICU unit of the hospital pronounced him dead at 6:45am on Wednesday.
He has left behind two children, his wife, relatives, and well-wishers to mourn his death.
