Panaji, November 29: Dr Amit Sengupta, one of the best-known health and people’s science movement activist, dies in Goa on Wednesday evening. According to reports, 60-year-old health activist drowned in Goa's Betalbatim beach. On founding him "motionless" in the water, lifeguards at the beach rushed into the water and initiated Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) immediately.

“The lifeguard alerted the tower and rushed into the water as he was unconscious, CPR was initiated immediately,” a spokesperson for Drishti Marine said while speaking to Hindustan Times. Goa police have registered the case as unnatural death and are waiting for an autopsy report to ascertain the exact cause of death. World Malaria Report 2018: Odisha Best Performer! How India Improved Its Malaria Score This Year.

Sengupta completed his academics from Maulana Azad Medical College in the early 1980s. He was a former General Secretary of the All India People's Science Network and the convener of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan. He has been the active voice for the scientific temper and was at the forefront of the movement for access to health for all. He had also been involved in a landmark public litigation interest in the apex court on an issue of banning irritational and hazardous drugs.

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