Thursday, June 4

Medics

Dr. John F. Murray, Physician
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr. John F. Murray, Physician

Dr. John F. Murray, retired Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital died at the age of 92 after contracting COVID-19. Murray is reportedly survived by his wife, novelist Diane Johnson, two children, four stepchildren and 14 grandchildren. A longtime Bay Area pulmonary physician credited with diagnosing a lung disease known as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) died of the same illness on Tuesday in Paris. Murray, retired former Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital, died at his home at the age of 92. The UC San Francisco School of Medicine, where he served as Professor of Medicine emeritus, on Wednesday confirmed Murray’s death with a remembrance on its website. Murray served as the Chief of Pulmonology...
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Daniel Schaeffer Kemp, organic chemist
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Daniel Schaeffer Kemp, organic chemist

Daniel Schaeffer Kemp an American organic chemist and an emeritus professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – died from respiratory complications due to COVID-19 near Concord, Massachusetts. He is survived by his legacy as a giant of chemistry and teaching, revered by the countless students and a close group of associates he trained, mentored and inspired during his unique and celebrated life. His close companion over the last 35+ years, cockatoo Octavian (“Tavvy”), has been placed in loving care. Kemp's work was focused on the synthesis and conformational analysis of peptides. He developed several chemical ligation strategies and methods for templating the formation of helices and sheets. The eponymous Kemp's triacid and the Kemp elimination reacti...
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Dr Burton “Bud” David Rose, nephrologist
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Dr Burton “Bud” David Rose, nephrologist

Burton "Bud" David Rose an American nephrologist and the creator of the UpToDate medical software application died on April 24, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19. Rose was a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard University. He also held positions at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He was co-author of Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders; Pathophysiology of Renal Disease; and Renal Pathophysiology: The Essentials. Rose created the first version of UpToDate in his house in 1992. It was released on floppy disks. His work (creation of UpToDate) has influenced the modern practice of medicine more than any work in the current generation of practicing physicians. Ma...
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Vladimir Fioshin, Radiologist
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Russia

Vladimir Fioshin, Radiologist

Vladimir Fioshin – a Radiologist at Karsun Regional Hospital, Ulyanovsk Region, Russia – passed away on 16 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Vladimir was 67 years old. Vladimir Fyoshin was taken to the central city hospital of Ulyanovsk on April 13. The man complained of coughing and fever. After that, relatives did not succeed in talking to him. “I don't know how he was treated.” He entered the Central City Hospital on Monday with a cough and fever. And on Thursday he was taken dead. It was impossible to get through to talk with your doctor. From our doctor, who was first in the ward with him, we learned that dad was paralyzed, ”says Marina. As it turned out, the first test of Vladimir Ivanovich for c...
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Liz Glanister
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Liz Glanister

Grandmother Liz Glanister (centre), a nurse at Aintree University Hospital in Liverpool, died after testing positive for coronavirus. Dianne Brown, chief nurse at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, confirmed her death “with great sadness.” She added: “All our thoughts are with Liz’s family at this time and we offer them our sincere condolences. Liz will be sadly missed by all those who knew and worked with her.” The Telegraph
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Dr Marcelo Jaochico
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Dr Marcelo Jaochico

Dr. Marcelo Jaochico lost his heroic battle against the virus, he was being true to his vocation as “doctor to the barrios.” He was the provincial health officer of Pampanga and was the first awardee as Most Outstanding Doctor to the Barrios under the rural health program of the Department of Health. Thus, his daughter Cielo said in her Facebook page, Dr. Jaochico did not deserve to be regarded as than just a statistic. Dr. Jaochico served as doctor to the barrio in Calanasan, Apayao for 16 years here he multi-tasked as obstetrician, pediatrician and family physician, treating such ailments as dengue, malaria and measles. Once, to save a baby who had turned blue after delivery, he used his mouth to suction the obstruction out of the baby’s blocked windpipe. In his latest rural health...
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Mathew “Joji” MK
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Medics, Profiles

Mathew “Joji” MK

As Italy continues to witness a gradual surge in the number of Covid-19 deaths, a Malayali male nurse died in Milan with suspected symptoms of the disease. The cause of death is yet to be ascertained. The deceased was Mathew MK alias Joji, 57, who hailed from Kadamanchira near Changanassery. Joji had been working as a nurse in Milan for the past 20 years. Mathew died on Wednesday afternoon. “Joji had contacted his sister here on Tuesday night and said he was suffering from fever. However, by 3pm on Wednesday, we received a call informing us of his demise,” said M K Joseph, Mathew’s brother. Mathew’s younger son was in Milan for a few days in connection with his studies, and he informed his relatives about the death. Mathew had come to his house in Changanassery in August last year, ...
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