New Delhi: Delhi University’s Political Science department head, Veena Kukreja died of COVID-19 early on Friday. After testing COVID-19 positive, she was under treatment before she passed away following a cardiac arrest. Professor Kukreja was 64.
Kukreja’s colleagues condoled her death and her department held a virtual prayer meeting in her memory.
Kukreja’s colleague from the department, Professor Bipin Tiwary said she was admitted to Saroj Hospital in Rohini on April 24 after testing positive for COVID-19. She was recuperating well and had been moved out of the ICU.
“I was in constant touch with her and I used to call her at 6-6.30 pm every day. I was monitoring things like whether her bed is clean, washroom is okay and whether she is being looked after. Yesterday also I spoke to her and she seemed quite jovial and was on the road to recovery. But around 2.30 am her BP and pulse dropped and she passed away,” Tiwary was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
According to Tiwary, he was very close to Kukreja and her demise was a personal loss to him. Kukreja is survived by her elder sister, aged 72, and a nephew.
The deceased would have turned 65 in August. She had been the head of Delhi University’s Political Science Department for the past three years.
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