Kolkata, February 12 A nurse who had recovered from Nipah virus infection died of cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Barasat, West Bengal, on Thursday, according to an official from the state health department.
She had been removed from ventilator support at the end of January.
"She died from cardiac arrest this afternoon. Although she had recovered from the Nipah infection, she was suffering from multiple complications," the official said.
The nurse had been in a prolonged coma, which severely affected her immunity, and later developed a lung infection.
She is one of the two people who tested positive for Nipah infection last month. The other person, a male nurse, has also been cured.
