Padma Shri awardee and former national president of the Padma Shri Awardee and Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr KK Aggarwal passed away on Monday due to COVID-19.
Ever since he became a doctor, Aggarwal (62) dedicated his life to the welfare of the public and raising health awareness. Even during the pandemic, he made constant efforts to educate the masses and was able to reach out to over 100 million people through numerous videos and educational programs and saved countless lives.
In one of his last videos, he said, “The show must go on.” "I'm having Covid pneumonia which is progressive. But even then remember Raj Kapoor's words - the show must go on,” he was seen saying in the video.
The video has now gone viral on social media. Netizens have flooded with tweets and comments thanking and appreciating Dr Aggarwal for his selfless efforts. One of the users thanked him for giving free Covid awareness sessions to the public on social media. Another user tweeted, “This kind of doctors are the reason we started calling them god”.
During the pandemic, Dr Aggarwal had been posting information about coronavirus infection and the black fungus in Covid-recovered patients on his Facebook page.