Cairo: An Egyptian doctor died in a Kuwaiti hospital today after he had recovered from COVID-19, a local hospital said.
Dr. Awwad Abdul Hamid, an internal disease specialist, was among the doctors on the frontlines in fighting against the highly infectious disease in Kuwait, Al Qabas newspaper reported.
The 50-year-old doctor had contracted the virus in late May while working at the Jaber Hospital allocated for treating COVID-19 patients. He later recovered and was discharged from the hospital.
But early Friday, he suffered shortness of breath and was hospitalised, but died upon arrival, sources told the paper.
A post-mortem examination is being conducted on his body to determine the exact cause of his death and establish if he had caught the virus again, they added.
In May, Egyptian ENT specialist Dr. Tareq Hussain Mokheimer died from COVID-19, becoming Kuwait’s first such medical fatality.
