Journo Humayun Kabir dies with coronavirus symptoms
Dainik Shomoyer Alo city editor and chief reporter Humayun Kabir Khokon, 47, died at Regent Hospital at Uttara in the capital with coronavirus symptoms on Tuesday.
"He was admitted to your hospital at about 7:00pm within an unconscious state and was declared dead at the hospital's intensive care unit at about 9:45pm," the hospital's public relations officer Tarique Shibli said.
Quoting his members of the family and doctors, he said that Humayun Kabir have been suffering from breathing problems and cough for past three days.
"Doctors at our hospital suspected that he was experiencing coronavirus though his family cannot show us any coronavirus test report," he said.
He said that Humayun Kabir's wife told them that they went different hospitals in the administrative centre to admit him nevertheless they refused to supply him with treatment.
"We came to find out about his illness on Tuesday afternoon with coronavirus symptoms from a journalist leader and brought him to your hospital for treatment,’ he said.
Humayun Kabir Khokon, also president of Brihottor Cumilla Sangbadik Samity, had earlier worked for different media outlets including Amader Somoy and Dainik Manabzamin.
