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Karen Figueroa Rodríguez, Paramedic
11May By Web TeamNo Comments
Chile, Medics, Profiles

Karen Figueroa Rodríguez, Paramedic

Karen Figueroa Rodríguez – a Paramedic at Hospital Carlos Van Buren, Valparaíso, Chile – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 11 May, 2020. Karen was 40 years old. The worker worked for 15 years at the institution. “Karen gave herself entirely to the attention of her parents, infected with Covid-19, and unfortunately she was also affected by this disease . Their efforts are posthumously rewarded, with the favorable evolution that their parents have had in recent days, "said Javier del Río, director of the Carlos Van Buren Hospital in a statement. Source: Latercera Please help us in adding details.
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Anwarul Kabir Talukdar, politician
11May By Web TeamNo Comments
Bangladesh, High Profilers, Profiles

Anwarul Kabir Talukdar, politician

Anwarul Kabir Talukdar ‑ a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Liberal Democratic Party – succumbed to Covid-19  on 10 May 2020. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jamalpur-4 constituency and State Minister of Power. Talukder served in Bangladesh Army and retired as a major general. He was elected to parliament from Jamalpur-4. He was the State Minister for Planning and Finance, and later served as the State Minister of Power in the Second Khaleda Cabinet. He resigned his post to protest corruption in the power sector. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party government reported that he had not resigned but in fact had been sacked from his ministerial post by the government. Talukdar resigned from Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 26 October 2006....
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Satyender Dev Khanna, General Surgeon
11May By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles, United States

Satyender Dev Khanna, General Surgeon

Satyender Dev Khanna – a General Surgeon at Clara Maass Hospital, Belleville, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 11 May, 2020. Satyender was 78 years old. Dr. Satyender Dev Khanna served as the head of the surgical department at multiple hospitals across the state. He was one of the first doctors to perform laparoscopic surgery in New Jersey, according to Murphy. Source: PIX11 Please help us in adding details.
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Agustín Lazarini Colorado, General Practitioner
11May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Agustín Lazarini Colorado, General Practitioner

AgustínLazarini Colorado – a Family Medicine specialist/General Practitioner, American Football Coach, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico – passed away on 10 May, 2020, after suffering from COVID- 19. Agustin was 69 years old. Source: Receptor.com Please help us in adding details.
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Cumandá Mera, Nurse
11May By Web TeamNo Comments
Ecuador, Medics, Profiles

Cumandá Mera, Nurse

CumandáMera – a Nurse in Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 11 May 2020. Source: Expreso Please help us in adding details.
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Karamat Mirza, General Practioner
11May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Karamat Mirza, General Practioner

Karamat Mirza – a General Practioner at Old Road Medical Practice, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England – passed away on 10 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Mirza was 84 years old. Dr Ed Garratt, chief executive of the NHS Ipswich & East Suffolk, NHS WestSuffolk and NHS North East Essex clinical commissioning groups and executive lead for the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System, said: "We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr Mirza, a respected and much-loved GP who had served the patients in his local community for more than four decades. "Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and practice colleagues, and all our efforts will be focused on supporting them at this difficult time. A small number of people who had cont...
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Abraham Palatnik, artist and inventor
10May By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Noteworthy, Portugal, Profiles

Abraham Palatnik, artist and inventor

Abraham Palatnik a Brazilian artist and inventor whose innovations include kinechromatic art – died from COVID-19 on May 9, 2020 at the age of 92 in Rio de Janeiro. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. He is considered a pioneer of technological art in Brazil for his early use of mechanical systems and light. He exhibited some of his works in the First Biennial of São Paulo in 1951. Palatnik was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, lived from 1932 to 1947 in Israel before settling in Rio de Janeiro, where he spent most of his adult life. Two works by Palatnik are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
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Paul “Bear” Vasquez, video personality
10May By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Paul “Bear” Vasquez, video personality

Paul "Bear" Vasquez – known for his viral video Double Rainbow died on May 9, 2020, after contracting Covid-19.   In a May 3, 2020 Facebook post, Vasquez spoke of feeling feverish and having trouble breathing, but also indicated he would not be going to a hospital, as he looked forward to reincarnating and "enjoying the ride". On May 9, Vasquez died in the emergency room of John C. Fremont Hospital in Mariposa, California.   The Double Rainbow clip, filmed in Vasquez’s front yard just outside Yosemite National Park, in the U.S. state of California, shows his ecstatic reaction to a double rainbow which he described as the "Eye of God". As of July 2019, the 53-year-old farmer's video has accumulated more than 46 million views on YouTube. Vasquez was a native of East Los Angeles, where he...
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