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Divinia “Debbie” Accad, Registered Nurse

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Divinia “Debbie” Accad, Registered Nurse

Divina Accad, a long-time nurse at the VA’s John D. Dingell Medical Center in Detroit, died on March 30 of complications of the coronavirus. She was 72, and had begun talking about retiring. Accad was hospitalized with pneumonia, and spent 11 days at a Taylor hospital before she died. Source: Detroit Free Press Please help us in adding details.

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Lorena Borjas, activist

Lorena Borjas ‑ a Mexican-American transgender and immigrant rights activist, known as the mother of the transgender Latinx community in Queens, New York – died of Covid-19 on March 30, 2020. Her work on behalf of immigrant and transgender communities garnered recognition throughout New York City and the United States. She lived for many years in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, where she was a community figure and leader. In 1960, Borjas was born in Veracruz, Mexico. When she was seventeen years old, she ran away from home and lived on the streets of Mexico City. She later studied public accounting in Mexico City. In 1981, Borjas emigrated to the United States at twenty years old, with the goal of obtaining hormone therapy and ...

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Rafael Cargill, Hospital Staff

Rafael Cargill – a Hospital Staff , Medical Records at Brooklyn Hospital Center, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York – passed away on 30 March,2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Rafael was 60 years nold. “We ran over there and had to stand outside,” his sister said. The paramedics “wouldn’t allow us to go in. They came out and said they couldn’t save him.” Source: The New York Times Please help us in adding details.

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Priscilla Carrow, Hospital Staff

Priscilla Carrow – a Hospital Staff at Elmhurst Medical Center, New York City – passed away on 30 March,2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Priscilla was 65 years old. Source: The New York Times Please help us in adding details.

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Jeffrey Baumbach, Nurse

Jeffrey Baumbach – a Resident Nurse at St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton, California – passed away on 30 March 2020 due to COVID-19. Jeffrey was 57 years old. A nurse who worked at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton died this week from complications of COVID-19. The Lodi News-Sentinel first reported that Jeffrey Baumbach, 57, died from the disease Monday (March 30). His wife, Karen, a registered nurse case manager at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial, also tested positive for the coronavirus and has been in quarantine at her home for the past two weeks. St. Joseph’s Medical Center is a Kaiser Permanente partner hospital. Corwin Harper, senior vice president and area manager for the medical care consortium’s Central Valley branch, tol...

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Kevin Graiani, Nurse

Kevin Graiani – a Nurse in Garnerville, New York – passed away on 30 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Kevin was 56 years old. Source: Scanlan Funeral Home Please help us in adding details.

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Rosary Celaya Castro-Olega, Nurse

Rosary Celaya Castro-Olega – a Registered Nurse in Los Angeles, California – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on March 30, 2020. Rosary was 63 years old. Source: Go Fund Me Please help us in adding details.

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Hazel P. Mijares, Nurse

Hazel P. Mijares – a Licensed Practical Nurse at Amsterdam Nursing Home, New York City – passed away on 30 March 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Hazel was 66 years old. Source: Instagram Please help us in adding details.

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Madhvi Aya, Physician Assistant

Madhvi Aya – a Physician Assistant in Emergency Medicine at Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York ‑ passed away on 29 March, 2020, due to COVID-19. Madhvi was 61 years old. Madhvi Aya, PA-C tragically passed away on March 29th, 2020 due to complications of Covid-19, at the age of 61. Madhvi proudly worked as a physician assistant in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY for the past 12 years. She made great sacrifices working on the frontline for all of those years and during the current coronavirus pandemic. Despite the imminent risk involved and amidst a nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment, she continued to work courageously and tirelessly to help the community as much as she could, all while supporting he...

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Barbara Finch, Nurse

Barbara Finch – a Licensed Practical Nurse at Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center, Emporia, Virginia – passed away on 29 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Barbara was 63years old. Source: Owen Funeral Home Please help us in adding details.