Profiles – Page 121

1Apr

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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.

1Apr

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Profiles, United States

Dr. James T. Goodrich, Neurosurgeon

Dr. James T. Goodrich, 73, a renowned pediatric neurosurgeon who successfully operated on conjoined twins, passed away from Covid19 on March 30, 2020. Goodrich was the world’s leading expert on separating such twins, a procedure called craniopagus surgery. He traveled the world lending his expertise to more than 100 cases of conjoined twins. Not every case he examined resulted in surgeries; some were too complex. Just 1 in 2.5 million live births results in twins born conjoined at the head. Before the mid-1980s, it was accepted medical practice to sacrifice one child on the operating table to save the life of the other. “Parents had to choose which baby would live,” he said at the time. Many times, both babies died during surgery. Goodrich thought that was unacceptable and ded...

1Apr

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Ecuador, Medics, Profiles

Lemencia Cuadra, Nurse

Lemencia Cuadra – a Nurse at Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on April 1, 2020. Source: Twitter Please help us in adding details.

1Apr

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Guyana, Profiles

Jermain Ifill

Jermain Ifill, a 38-year-old former Emergency Medical Technician, died on March 31 in the Hospital’s Intensive care Unit. He was one of the two Coronavirus patients in the ICU. Ifill, who has a baby son, was the second Guyanese to have succumbed to the Covid-19 virus. Kaieteur News understands that a female relative of Ifill’s is also being tested after displaying symptoms. It is unclear when and where Humphrey came into contact with an infected individual, since he was reportedly no longer employed as an emergency medical technician when he fell ill. He had reportedly worked up to four years ago at the GPHC. Ifill’s case is said to have been locally transmitted. Kaieteur News

1Apr

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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 ...

1Apr

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Profiles, United States

Raul Della Eslao

Raul Della Eslao, 53, a graduate of UP Integrated School, UP Diliman College of Architecture and a registered nurse, succumbed to the virus while fighting in the frontline in Michigan, USA where he worked. “I cannot stay at home, I’m a nurse” was a hashtag that went with his new profile picture in his final Facebook posting on March 19. Twelve days later Raul Della Eslao paid the ultimate price for his heroism. He died, a friend commented on Facebook, so others may live. University of the Philippines

1Apr

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Iran, Medics, Profiles

Hamidreza Davoudi, Pharmacist

Hamidreza Davoudi – a Pharmacist in Babol, Iran – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 31 March,2020. Source: Iran hrm Please help us in adding details.

1Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Julie Bennett, actress & voice artist

Julie Bennett, an American actress and voice artist, died on March 31, 2020 from coronavirus. A native of Hollywood, Bennett worked as a character actress on stage, on radio, and in several film and television programs, including The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Adventures of Superman, and Dragnet. Bennett worked as a voice actress from the 1950s until the early 2000s. She recorded voices for UPA, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Format Films' The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (for the segment Fractured Fairy Tales), and Hanna-Barbera Productions. She is best known as the voice of Hanna-Barbera's Cindy Bear on The Yogi Bear Show and its feature-film spin-off Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! She reprised the character in Yogi's Tre...

1Apr

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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.

1Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Andrew Jack. dialect coach

Andrew Jack ‑ a British dialect coach and actor, from London who had worked on over 80 motion pictures since 1982 – died on 31 March 2020 after suffering from Covid-19. He was 76. His father Stephen Jack was an actor in films, radio and television. His mother Julia (née Hutchinson), was a horticulturist. He had worked with over 200 actors including Robert Downey Jr. (in Richard Attenborough's Chaplin, Michael Hoffman's Restoration and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes), Pierce Brosnan (in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day), Cate Blanchett, and Viggo Mortensen. As supervising dialect coach for The Lord of the Rings, he created the Middle-earth accents and taught them, along with Elvish and Black Speech, to the cast of the trilogy. He designe...