The Pioneer’s Resident Editor (Lucknow) Vijay Prakash Singh lost his elder brother Shiv Prakash Singh to Covid-19 on Thursday. Shiv Prakash Singh, 62, was admited to Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences here.
Singh, a businessman, is survived by wife and two sons.
Singh was tested Covid positive after Diwali and was admitted to SGPGIMS on October 16. As his condition deteriorated he was shifted to ICU where he breathed his last.
Family members said cremation will take place on Friday at electric crematorium as per the Covid guidelines.
The Pioneer family condoles the death and prays to the God to give courage to the bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss.