Dr Priyashree (29), a 2nd year PG student of the Ispat General Hospital (IGH), Rourkela, who died of Covid-19 two days ago, was accorded a guard of honour at Vedvyas here on Sunday.
Her younger brother Abhinav Ranjan conducted the last rites. Rourkela MLA Sarada Prasad Nayak and other eminent persons paid tributes to the departed Covid warrior.
Hailing from Nalanda district in Bihar, Priyashree had been pursuing Diplomate of National Board (DNB) in Surgery and was treating Covid-19 patients at the hospital.As she tested positive for the virus, she was admitted to the IGH on September 22.
She was then shifted to the Hi-Tech Covid Hospital and later to the JP Hospital, where she breathed her last during treatment on September 16.