Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish dies during treatment for COVID-19 at Gurgaon hospital

Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish dies during treatment for COVID-19 at Gurgaon hospital

Press Trust of India April 22, 2021, 08:49:00 IST

The CPM chief took to Twitter to thank the doctors, nurses and frontline workers who were involved in his son’s treatment read more

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Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish dies during treatment for COVID-19 at Gurgaon hospital

New Delhi: CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his elder son Ashish died of COVID-19 in the morning. Ashish, who would have turned 35 on 9 June, was recovering well at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital, people close to the family added, describing his sudden death at 5.30 am after a two-week battle with the disease as a shock. “It is with great sadness that I have to inform that I lost my elder son, Ashish Yechury to COVID-19 this morning. I want to thank all those who gave us hope and who treated him - doctors, nurses, frontline health workers, sanitation workers and innumerable others who stood by us,” Yechury said on Twitter.

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