New Delhi: One of the longest serving medical doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital right here and famend obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr S K Bhandari died on Thursday resulting from COVID-19, officers stated.
Dr Bhandari, who delivered Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her two youngsters, was 86.
Dr Bhandari was admitted to the hospital two weeks again for some heart-related points however examined constructive for COVID-19, stated Dr D S Rana, chairman of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. She had acquired each the doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, he added.
Dr Bhandari’s husband, a retired IAS officer, can be within the ICU after he examined constructive for COVID-19 and he has not been knowledgeable about his spouse’s demise, he stated.
In a sequence of tweets, Priyanka Gandhi condoled the demise of the senior physician.
“Dr. S.K. Bhandari, Emeritus Consultant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, who delivered my brother, me, my son and my daughter passed away today. Even in her late seventies, she would drive early morning to the hospital herself. A leader to the end, she upheld every noble trait of humanity. A woman I will always respect and admire, a friend I will always miss,” she posted on Twitter.
Rana stated Bhandari had served the hospital for 58 years. She had joined the hospital after returning to Delhi from London the place she did her post-graduation.
She was the one who established the gynaecology and obstetrics division of the hospital and although she was not an IVF specialist, she inspired medical doctors in establishing the ability on the hospital, Rana stated.
“When I came to Delhi 30-40 years ago, there were only two renowned gyanaecologists in Delhi — Dr S K Bhandari and Dr Sheila Mehra of Moolchand Medcity. She was like a mother figure to me and the loss is quite huge,” he stated.
Dr Bhandari has a daughter, who can be a health care provider, and was taking care of her ailing mother and father.
Dr Abha Majumdar, director and head of IVF on the Ganga Ram Hospital, stated there was an unsaid bond between them.
“We hardly had to say anything to each other. She was like a mother figure and she was the one who helped me realise my calling,” she informed PTI.
Dr Majumdar had joined the hopsita in February, 1987 and was taking care of the free infertility OPD on Thursdays. After nearly a 12 months, Dr Bhandari, who was the pinnacle of the Obstetriics and Gynaecology Department, requested her about her curiosity space and she or he stated it was infertility remedy. She inspired us to discover the sector, she recalled.
