Thursday, June 4

Medics

Idalgo Moura dos Santos, Nurse
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Idalgo Moura dos Santos, Nurse

Idalgo Moura dos Santos – a Nurse at Hospital Municipal do Tatuapé, São Paulo, Brazil (presumed) – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Idalgo was 45 years old. The Paraiban nurse Idalgo Moura, 45, who worked on the line to combat covid-19 at the Municipal Hospital of Tatuapé, in São Paulo, died on Tuesday night (March 31), possibly after contracting the disease. According to his sister, journalist Mafalda Moura, Idalgo took chloroquine, a drug that has been suggested as a possible treatment for the disease caused by the new coronavirus, but has not resisted. The lung stopped responding, as did the kidney, which stopped. Mafalda said that doctors tried hemodialysis, but it was not possible, as Idalgo was v...
Lydie Difoukidi, caregiver
France, Medics, Profiles

Lydie Difoukidi, caregiver

LydieDifoukidi – a caregiver in nursing home at Mée-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne), France – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 1 April 2020. Lydie was 51 years old. Source: Medscape Please help us in adding details.
Marcellano Cruz, Dermatology
Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Marcellano Cruz, Dermatology

Marcellano Cruz – a Dermatology at East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Cruz was 73 years old. According to the Philippine Society of Venereology, Dr. Cruz led the rebirth of the society and was considered to be the Father of Philippine Veneorology. Dr. Roy Salcedo paid tribute to “a fallen colleague, loved, friendly and respected of the Department of Internal Medicine – Dermatology, World Citi Medical Center, Quezon City.” Dr. Gilbert Yang, one of his colleagues at the Philippine Dermatological Society, remembered him as “a colleague, mentor and friend to all.” Source: Manila Today Please help us in adding details.
Janette Dancel-Liban, Physician
Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Janette Dancel-Liban, Physician

Janette Dancel-Liban – a Physician at FEU-NRMF Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Dr. Janette Dancel-Liban, connected with the FEU-NRMF Medical Center and the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, was the latest casualty. A friend who knew her posted on Facebook. “She was attending to a number of COVID-19 patients until she too was confined and brought to the ICU last Saturday. She passed away this evening. She’s our hero. An active Methodist, we will miss her,” the post by Lenora May Ancla-Abag on the Bangon Batangas FB forum read. This was confirmed by other doctors who knew her and posted their reactions upon hearing the news. Source: Manila Standard Please help us ...