Dr Alex Hsu, United States
Dr. Alex Hsu, 67, a Broward County doctor who served the community for close to 40 years died of the new coronavirus.
Officials haven’t said whether Hsu’s case stemmed from him traveling abroad or whether it was work-related. It also was not clear when he became ill.
“It’s so sad,” said a receptionist who answered the phone at Hsu’s practice.
Hsu was in private practice though until 2017 had been associated Northwest Medical Center in Margate.
His death was the region’s first for a case where a medical provider has died from the disease.
A daughter who answered the family’s phone was too distraught to talk.
“I really need to be with my family.”
Hsu’s patients were notified by phone of his passing, said a patient who asked not to be identified.
She described Hsu...
