Mumbai: Father-son doc duo from Kalyan had taken 1st jab

Kalyan: The father-son doctor pair, Dr Nagendra Mishra and Dr Suraj Mishra, from Kalyan who died due to Covid-19 within hours of each other, had taken the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine last month.
On Saturday, while Dr Nagendra Mishra’s elder son, Dr Vinay Mishra, conducted the final rites, his widow was shifted from a Vasai-based private hospital to Dombivli’s R R Hospital. She is on oxygen support as her levels were below 90.
A close relative of the Mishras told TOI, “Both father and son fell ill 10 days ago and got admitted to a private hospital in Titwala.However, it took four days for their corona test report to arrive and both turned serious by then,’’ he said.
As they could not get an oxygen bed in the Kalyan-Dombivli region, Nagendra Mishra was admitted to Vedant hospital in Thane while his wife and Suraj were admitted to a private hospital in Vasai .
“As Suraj’s condition worsened, he was shifted to a hospital in Goregaon. He was put on the ventilator but died on Thursday night. A few hours later, on Friday, his father died,” said the relative. The deaths shocked the Khadavali residents where Dr Nagendra Mishra was known as ‘gareebon ka doctor’ (doctor of the needy people). “Dr Nagendra was running a clinic here for over 20 years,”said Rajesh Tiwari, a local resident.