Friday, May 23

Medics

Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, professor
24May By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, professor

Jitendra Nath Pande or J. N. Pande ‑ Professor & Head of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS) – passed away after contracting Covid-19 virus on 23 May 2020. He was working as Senior Consultant (Medicine) at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, New Delhi. Pande was born in Shikohabad, India, to Shri Madan Mohan Pande and Smt. Kamla Devi Pande. His parents were from Uttar Pradesh. He was younger brother of Prof. Gyan N Pande, Emeritus Professor, Swansea University and President, International Centre for Computational Engineering. Pande obtained both his MBBS in 1963 and MD (Medicine) in 1966 degrees from AIIMS, New Delhi. Pande specialised in Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology. He treated many famous personalities fro...
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Dr Amro Abed, Professor
23May By Web TeamNo Comments
Egypt, Medics, Profiles

Dr Amro Abed, Professor

Dr Amro Abed, a Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Alexandria University Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Please help us in adding details.  
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Ugur Ertugrul, Surgeon
23May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Turkey

Ugur Ertugrul, Surgeon

Ugur Ertugrul – a General Surgeron at Avcilar Government Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey – passed away on 22 May, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Ugur was 60 years old. Source: Milliyet Please help us in adding details.
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Augustine Agyei-Mensah, Nurse
22May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Augustine Agyei-Mensah, Nurse

Augustine Agyei-Mensah – a Learning Disabilities Nurse at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Northampton, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Augustine Agyei-Mensah, known to his colleagues as Gus, was a highly regarded team member at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT). The father-of-four had worked as a learning disabilities nurse at the trust since 2014, having qualified the year before. Before training as a healthcare worker, he was employed by South West Trains for four years. He worked closely with the team's speech and language therapist and his psychology colleagues to support people with complex cognitive and sensory needs. Paying tribute to him, the NHFT said: "Augustine always recognize...
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Brian Darlington, Hospital Porter
22May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Brian Darlington, Hospital Porter

Brian Darlington – a Hospital Porter at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leighton, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 22 May 2020. Brian Darlington was known for handing out sweets to his colleagues as a porter with Mid Cheshire hospitals, where he worked for over 20 years. He died at Leighton hospital after contracting Covid-19, a spokesman for the hospital trust said. His wife, Ava, said: “We were married for 46 years and Brian was a great husband, as well as father and grandfather.” The trust’s chief executive, James Sumner, said: “Brian had dedicated over 20 years to the trust during his NHS career and will be sadly missed by all who knew and worked with him. “He was without doubt ...
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Jeremy Emerich, Emergency Medical Technician
22May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Jeremy Emerich, Emergency Medical Technician

Jeremy Emerich – an Emergency Medical Technician/Firefighter at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania – passed away on 21 May, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Jeremy was 40 years old. He joined the Army when he was 17 years old to fight for his country, he was a sergeant with the Exeter Township Fire Department and a critical care EMT with Lehigh Valley Health Network. Melanie said her brother was healthy but had high blood pressure and allergies. “When he went into the hospital, he went in with a fever, and we thought he was going to be OK,” she said.  Dozens of emergency apparatus lined the roads in Berks and Lehigh counties as Emerich's body was escorted from the hospital to Bean Funeral Home in Sinking Spring. Lehi...
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Jaime Hernández Rodríguez, OB-GYN
22May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Jaime Hernández Rodríguez, OB-GYN

Jaime Hernández Rodríguez – an OB-GYN at IMSS Hospital General de Zona No. 13, Matamoros, Tamaluipas, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19.  It was reported on 22 May, 2020. The Executive Committee of Section 10 of the National Union of Social Security Workers (SNTSS), whose general secretary is Pedro Luis Ramírez Perales, regretted the death of the doctor. "We are in mourning. Matamoros doctor dies victim of covid-19 contingency. Today we are in a lot of pain, Dr. Hernández we are going to miss you, your family and the entire IMSS Tamaulipas mourn this loss." Source: Milenio Please help us in adding details.
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