YouTuber Rahul Vohra dies of Covid-19 complications hours after appealing for help on social media

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• Actor-YouTuber Rahul Vohra died on Sunday at a hospital in Delhi due to COVID-19 complications, theatre director-playwright Arvind Gaur confirmed. Vohra, 35, had shared his coronavirus diagnosis earlier this week in a Facebook post and had desperately asked for help.

• He was admitted at the Rajeev Gandhi Super Speciality hospital, Tahirpur and was shifted to Ayushman Hospital, Dwarka, on Saturday evening. Gaur confirmed the news of Vohra’s demise on Facebook.

RAHUL VOHRA’S FB POST

“Rahul Vohra is gone, my talented actor is no more. It was only yesterday that he told me his life could have been saved if he got better treatment. He was shifted to Ayushman, Dwarka last evening but we could not save him. Please forgive us, we are all your culprits. My last respects,” he wrote.

Extremely shocked to hear about passing of Rahul vohra
I used to talk to him in very early times of my career
Very humble and skilled personality
His passing away is a complete shock
I dont have words.
A talent gone too soon
Condolences to his family
Om shanti

— Ashish Chanchlani (@ashchanchlani) May 9, 2021

On Saturday, Vohra in a Facebook post had tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and asked for better treatment.