The life of a Covid-19 frontliner: 'My son thought I was dying'


Attendees of the Sri Petaling tabligh event queueing up for screening at Klinik Kesihatan Titiwangsa in Kuala Lumpur over the weekend. Dr Samir notes that his worry of being infected is more for his children’s sake than his own. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

Family is everything for consultant cardiologist Datuk Dr Sanjiv Joshi.

Earlier this month (March 2020), Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah praised the specialist for his quick action in voluntarily distancing himself from his private hospital and clinic in Kuala Lumpur, as well as his family for 14 days.

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