Pampore, October 14: Hundreds of people from different walks of life attended the funeral prayers of late Dr Mohammad Ashraf Bhat at Naaz Colony, Panthachowk and his ancestral village of Wuyan in Pampore on Wednesday, as his untimely demise plunged the medical fraternity, friends, and the local community into deep grief.
The funeral prayers were attended by doctors, colleagues, staff members of the Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK), and a large number of local residents. Doctors, Several political and religious personalities also visited the bereaved family to offer condolences and express solidarity during this difficult time.
The mortal remains of Dr Mohammad Ashraf Bhat were airlifted from New Delhi and reached his residence at Naaz Colony, Panthachowk, at around 9:30 AM on Wednesday. A large number of people had gathered at his residence to pay their last respects upon the arrival of his mortal remains.
Dr Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, son of Abdul Rasheed Bhat, a native of Wuyan, Pampore, and presently residing at Naaz Colony, Panthachowk, passed away at Fortis Hospital in New Delhi on Tuesday.
He was presently posted in Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) and was deputed to the J&K State Health Agency. He had also served as In-charge Block Medical Officer (BMO) at Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Pampore.
The first Namaz-e-Janaza was offered at Naaz Colony, Panthachowk, followed by the second funeral prayer at his ancestral village of Wuyan in Pampore. He was subsequently laid to rest at the ancestral graveyard in Wuyan.
The untimely demise of Dr Mohammad Ashraf Bhat has been widely mourned by members of the medical fraternity, colleagues, friends, civil society members, and the local community. Many described his passing as an irreparable loss to the medical fraternity and expressed profound sorrow over his untimely death.
Messages of condolence and tributes also poured in on social media, where doctors, colleagues, and friends remembered the deceased and expressed their grief over his passing.
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