The principal of the College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Hashi Dasgupta, died on Thursday after a heart attack. A test revealed she had Covid.

Dasgupta was 57.

Officials at the hospital said Dasgupta had attended office on Wednesday. She was taken ill and was admitted to Sagore Dutta Hospital around noon. She was found to be Covid positive.

She was shifted to the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday evening after her condition deteriorated. She passed away around 5pm on Thursday.

“When she was brought here, her oxygen saturation was about 70. She had diabetes. Besides, she had fibrosis in the lungs because of Covid. She suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday,” said an official of Calcutta Medical College.

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed grief at the death of Dasgupta. In her condolence message, Mamata said Dasgupta had been serving as principal of Sagore Dutta Hospital since 2017.