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The Orissa High Court has declared a deceased government hospital pharmacist a 'Covid Warrior,' entitling his widow to financial assistance under state welfare provisions.
The ruling overturned an earlier order that had denied benefits on the grounds that the pharmacist was not directly assigned Covid-related duties.
Ashok Kumar Patro, employed as a pharmacist at the district headquarters hospital in Rayagada since July 2020, contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalised on 3 September 2020. He succumbed to the virus on 11 September 2020.
Following his death, Patro's wife, E Meerabai Patro, applied for financial assistance availabl...