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PERNEM
Senior state Congress leader and former Pernem MLA Jitendra Raghuraj Deshprabhu (64) passed away at the Goa Medical College in Bambolim on Tuesday.
According to reports, Deshprabhu was suffering from pneumonia and was taken to the Redkar Hospital on Tuesday morning. As his health deteriorated, he was admitted to GMC hospital with breathing problems and was put on a ventilator, but passed away in the evening.
GMC Dean Dr S Bandekar later stated that Deshprabhu had been tested for COVID-19, but the test had come negative.
News of the demise of Deshprabhu spread swiftly in Pernem taluka and around the State, with many people expressing shock in Pernem given their close contact with the Deshprabhu family (Viscount of Pernem).
