Dr Sujit Kumar Pal, a well known radiologist who ran the oldest x-ray clinic of the region, died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in Ranchi on Wednesday.
The 71-year-old doctor was admitted to a hospital a week ago after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
His condition started deteriorating on Tuesday and he died on Wednesday morning, his friends informed.
Dr Pal was an active member of Chikitsak Sangh (Doctors ' Club). He was involved in establishing and successfully running K.C. Roy Memoroal Hospital on Circular Road in Ranchi.
The Ranchi X-Ray Clinic, the oldest such facility in the entire Chotanagpur region, was run by Dr Pal. The facility was established in 1942 by his father Dr Saket Niwas Pal who was inspired by two renowned doctors of Ranchi of that time, Shishir Kumar Basu and Jadugopal Mukherjee
The clinic completed 75 years in 2017.
A first of its kind facility at the time of its establishment, the clinic has maintained its standard through the years.
The funeral was organised by the Ranchi administration. Well wishers and friends could not attend as social distancing protocols had to be maintained.
