Indian-American father-daughter, both docs in USA, die of COVID-19

NewsBharati    10-May-2020 16:29:27 PM
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Indian-American doctors in the USA, Dr. Satyender Dev Khanna NJ, Dr. Priya Khanna NJ

New Jersey, May 10: Dr. Satyender Dev Khanna and his daughter Dr. Priya Khanna, both serving in the USA, died due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday. Their death came as a great shock to the global Indian community. Dr. Khanna was 78 while his daughter Priya was 43.

They were among the frontline warriors in the COVID19 fight across New Jersey and had relentlessly been treating the patients of Novel Coronavirus. New Jersey Governor, Phil Murphy condoled over their unpleasant demise and described it as an irrecoverable loss.

Dr. Satyender Dev Khanna was a veteran surgeon and the head of surgical departments for several hospitals in the state of New Jersey. His daughter, Dr. Priya Khanna was a neurology specialist with a major in internal medicine. She was the Chief of Residents at Union Hospital in New Jersey. The father and daughter duo were committed to serving people. Their unflinching dedication is an exemplar of selflessness.

“Our words cannot amply express our condolences for the family dedicated to health and medicine,” New Jersey Governor tweeted Saturday.

Indian American Dr. Satyender Dev Khanna is hailed as a ‘pioneering doctor’ as he was one of the first to have performed laparoscopic surgery in New Jersey. His colleagues have fond memories of him as a gentile and caring physician. He breathed his last at the Clara Maass Medical Center where he had treated people for more than 35 years.

Dr. Priya Khanna did all her medical studies in New Jersey and completed her fellowship in nephrology in South Jersey. She was also a medical advisor for two dialysis centers in Essex County, NJ, and excelled in teaching junior doctors. The ICU physician who looked after Dr. Priya Khanna after the latter contracted Coronavirus while treating COVID19 patients were taught and trained by her. Like her father, Dr. Priya worked and passed away at the Clara Maass Medical Center.

The Indian American Khanna family is a family of doctors. Dr. Satyender Dev Khanna’s wife, Komlish Khanna is a pediatrician. Their other two daughters are Sugandha Khanna, an emergency medicine physician, and Anisha Khanna, a pediatrician. The entire Indian-American community is mourning the loss in solidarity with the Khanna family.