Neighbors – Page 5

6Jul

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

K Sivaramakrishnan, shopkeeper

K Sivaramakrishnan aka Ramesh, the man who sat behind the famous window shop in Mylapore known as the ‘Jannal Kadai’, died on July 5, 2020 from Covid in Chennai, the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. For a shop with no name or a sign board, the blue window and the man behind it selling hot bajjis, bondas and tiffin, for over 25 years, organically gained a legendary status among Chennai residents, reported The News Minute. Located across the Kapaleeswarar temple in Ponnambala Vadhyar street in Mylapore, the window is part of a house overlooking the main entrance of the temple, from where the man would parcel his snacks and hand them over through the grille. The 58-year-old was a constant behind the window and a familiar face for hundreds of Mylapore&rsquo...

5Jul

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

Muhammed Haji, Indian

Muhammed Haji, an 82-year-old man from the Indian state of Kerala who was under observation at Manjeri Medical College ‑ died on July 4, 2020 and his test results that came out on July 5 morning showed that he was Covid positive. Muhammed Haji belonged to Chokode in Wandoor, Malappuram and was under treatment for cancer. 82-year old Muhammed and his wife reached the state from Saudi Arabia on June 29. After he returned from Riyadh, he was suffering from pneumonia and was undergoing treatment at the Manjeri Hospital. However, his condition worsened due to his age and already existing diseases. Mathrubhumi

4Jul

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Cynthia “Cindy” Solomon Tilley

Cynthia “Cindy” Solomon Tilley, a member of the North Myrtle Beach area community in the United States, died on July 3, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19 after battling the virus for more than two weeks. Tilley started feeling sick in June and went to the doctor where she tested positive for the virus. Her symptoms worsened as weeks passed. “She just wasn’t getting any better and she wound up going back to the hospital and had some IV fluids and some breathing treatments done. She wound up getting pneumonia in her left lung,” said her best friend and employer Amy Howie. Howie says she also suffered from a blood clot. Tilley was released from the hospital to recover from home. Howie was able to talk to Tilley in her final hours. Scared,...

Shaquana Miller Garrett, hostpital registrar

3Jul

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Shaquana Miller Garrett, hostpital registrar

Shaquana Miller Garrett ‑ a married mother to two little girls who worked as a registrar, taking patient information at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale – succumbed to Covid-19 on July 2, 2020. Miller was a diabetic, considered high-risk. Within days of her diagnosis, she needed to be hospitalized. She died on July 2nd. "She was 35 years old and she left a husband and a three-year-old and a four-year-old daughter here," Curtis said. But the Miller family barely had time to grieve because her 3-year-old daughter Kennedy is also now positive for COVID-19, fighting a fever. “My niece is three years old. She doesn’t have an underlying illness. She’s three,” Curtis said. Local10.com

3Jul

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Bhagirath Adhav, police officer

Bhagirath Adhav ‑ an Assistant Police Inspector from Maharashtra posted at Samta Nagar police station in Kandivali East ‑ succumbed to coronavirus on July 3, 2020. He had tested positive on June 26, and was admitted to Oscar Hospital in Kandivali West two days later. Dilip Sawant, Additional Commissioner of Police, North Region, said Adhav’s health was deteriorating and he passed away at 4.30 pm after suffering a heart attack. Adhav, 52, is survived by his wife, daughter and son. His younger brother, inspector Chimmaji Adhav, is in charge of Unit XI of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch. API Adhav was fitted with a pacemaker a few years ago, after he had suffered a heart attacked. He had been working throughout the lockdown, officials said, patrolling his beat in Samta Nag...

1Jul

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Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, police inspector

Sanjeev Kumar Yadav ‑ a 49-year-old inspector of Delhi Police who was posted with special cell ‑ died at South Delhi’s Max hospital the night of June 30, 2020, due to COVID-19. “Sanjeev Kumar Yadav had been admitted to Max Hospital after testing positive around 15 days ago. He developed fever and was on ventilator after complaining of breathlessness,” a senior police officer said. Yadav was posted with the south-western range of special cell and received the Police Medal for gallantry this year. He was earlier posted with Crime Branch and Tughlaq Road police station. He hailed from Uttar Pradesh and is survived by his wife, who was also hospitalised after she was tested positive and two children in East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar. The Indian Express

29Jun

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Neighbors, Philippines, Profiles, United States

John Eric Swing, community leader

John Eric Swing ‑ a leader in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown who had worked with multiple community organizations serving the Filipino American community – died on June 28, 2020, of COVID-19 complications. He was 48. He was the executive director of Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), which is dedicated to Filipino American empowerment. Swing was appointed after a yearlong nationwide search. He was excited to work on the redevelopment of SIPA’s headquarters, which looked to include a small-business center, community space and a cultural center. The project was years in the making, and Swing had hoped to see it through. He had been a staff member at SIPA since 2015 and formed close relationships with coworkers. Eddy M. Gana Jr., who serves as SIPA’s mental health counselor,...

Filipina dies in UAE after delivering premature baby

28Jun

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Neighbors, Philippines, Profiles, Sad But True, United Arab Emirates

Filipina dies in UAE after delivering premature baby

UAE doctors helped a Filipino mom deliver her infant of seven months after the mother had been in a critical condition due to complications brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 28-year-old Grace Joy Tiglao had been intubated as she had severe breathing problems and decided with the help of UAE specialists to undergo a cesarian procedure in order to save her baby, as per reports from GMA News. Following the successful delivery at 10:30 pm of May 23, Grace Joy died seven hours later at around 5:30 am on May 24 due to cardiac arrest. Tiglao’s husband Joseph, who also tested positive for COVID-19 a month prior, had recently been declared COVID-19 free as of June 27 after testing negative for the coronavirus twice in a row. He recalled that his wife wished t...

27Jun

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Bangladesh, Neighbors, Profiles

Atiar Rahman, policeman

Atiar Rahman, a Bangladeshi policeman who was infected with Covid-19, died at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka on the night of June 27, 2020. Atiar Rahman, a constable of Manikganj district police, breathed his last around 10:00pm on June 27, 2020. He joined the force on November 26, 1984. He left behind his wife, two daughters, and a host of relatives to mourn his death. His body was sent to his village home in Faridpur for burial. The Daily Star

Couple married for 53 years dies while holding hands

27Jun

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Neighbors, Profiles, Sad But True, United States

Couple married for 53 years dies while holding hands

Together in life and together in death, a pair of high school sweethearts from Texas who had been married for 53 years died from coronavirus side-by-side, holding hands. Son Tim Tarpley says his parents, Curtis and Betty Tarpley, were both diagnosed with COVID-19 at the same time in June. His mother was admitted to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth shortly before his father, and she declined faster. “My mom called me and said, ‘Hey, I want to let you know I’m ready to go.’ And I yelled and screamed,” Tim Tarpley said. He then called his dad, who was on a different floor of the hospital. “He said, ‘How’s your mom?’ I said, ‘Well, she’s not good. She may not make it past tomorrow.’ It...