Profiles – Page 84

16Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Krishan Arora, General Practitioner

Krishan Arora – a General Practitioner at Violet Lane Medical Practice, Croydon, London, England – passed away on April 15, 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Krishan Arora worked at the Violet Lane medical practice in Croydon, south London, for 27 years. Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) confirmed he had died after testing positive for Covid-19, adding that he was not at work in the time before he died. Paying tribute to Arora, Dr Agnelo Fernandes, the GP borough lead for Croydon, said: “We are all greatly saddened by the death of Dr Krishan Arora. Krish was extremely well liked and worked tirelessly to care for his patients and improve services for everyone in Croydon. “Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with Krish’s family, fri...

16Apr

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Habibhai Babu, Physician

Habibhai Babu – a Physician/Senior House Officer at Whipps Cross Hospital, London, England – passed away due to COVID-19. It is with deep sadness to announce that we have lost a member of the Barts Health family: Dr Habibhai Babu – known to all of us as Babu – an SHO in older people’s services at Whipps Cross Hospital. Source: NHS Barts Health Please help us in adding details.

16Apr

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Lourdes Campbell, Healthcare Assistant

Lourdes Campbell – a Healthcare Assistant at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, England – passed away on 15 April,2020, due to COVID-19. Lourdes Campbell was employed by Bolton NHS foundation trust. The chief executive, Fiona Noden, announced her death, saying: “It is with deep regret and huge sadness that I share with you the devastating news that we have lost a friend and colleague to the terrible Covid-19 virus. “Lourdes Campbell, one of our healthcare assistants, died yesterday on our critical care unit. Lourdes, known as Des to her colleagues, had worked with us for nearly 13 years.” She added: “She was a well-liked and valued member of the team, known for working extremely hard. She was dedicated to patient care and her colleagues respected her quiet, diligent and compassionate...

Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria, General Practitioner

16Apr

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Ecuador, Medics, Profiles

Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria, General Practitioner

Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria – a General Practitioner at Clínica Palermo, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away on 15 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Palmero was 62 years old. His relatives remember him as a human being with a “big heart”, since from his Palermo clinic, on 17th and Maldonado streets, southwest of the city, he often attended low-income people free of charge and delivered medicines in the sector. With a vast career between Ecuador and Argentina, Cruz was an outstanding surgeon. "He is already in a better place, his cycle ended here, helping many people," said his son Wilson. Source: El Universo Please help us in adding details.

16Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Turkey

Ali Ülkü Azrak, lawyer and academic

Ali Ülkü Azrak ‑ a Turkish lawyer and academic ‑ died at the Florence Nightingale Hospital on 15 April 2020 due to complications from COVID-19. He had two sons from his marriage to Hannelore Azrak, who was of German origin. He spent the majority of his time between Turkey and Germany. Their children Deniz and Atilla live in Germany. Azrak graduated from Vefa High School as a top student. He later graduated from Istanbul University School of Law in 1956. He started to work as an assistant in Istanbul University in 1958. He became "Associate Professor" in 1970. In 1971, he started to work as an "Associate Professor" at Istanbul University School of Law - Administrative Law department and continued this duty until 1979. In 1979, he was among the people who founded the Istanb...

16Apr

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Huy Hao Dao, Physician

Huy Hao Dao – a Public Health Physician in Montreal, Canada – passed away on 16 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Huy was 44 years old. Dr. Huy Hao Dao, worked at the public health authority for the Montérégie region and was also a professor in the department of community health sciences at the University of Sherbrooke in Longueuil, Que. Between 2016 and 2017, Dao worked for Quebec's public health institute (INSPQ), which is leading the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec's public health director, confirmed the death at the province's daily briefing on the pandemic .Without identifying Dao by name, Arruda said the doctor had not been in contact with patients. Arruda said if nothing else, the death ...

16Apr

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Congo, High Profilers, Profiles

Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, bishop

Gérard Mulumba Kalemba ‑ a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church – died on 15 April 2020 due to COVID-19 in Kinshasa. He was 82. Born in Kananga, Mulumba Kalemba was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He was appointed bishop of Mweka in 1989, serving until his retirement in 2017. His brother, Étienne Tshisekedi, and nephew, Félix Tshisekedi, both served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On 15 April 2020, during the DR Congo coronavirus pandemic, Mulumba Kalemba died due to COVID-19 in Kinshasa. He was 82.

Solomon Donald, Emergency Medical Technician

16Apr

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Solomon Donald, Emergency Medical Technician

Solomon Donald – an Emergency Medical Technician at Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 16 April 2020. Solomon was 41 years old. Solomon Donald, 41, who worked for nine years as an EMT at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth. Donald, a husband and father of two children, also had worked at Saint Barnabas Medical Center as a hyperbaric safety officer in the wound care center. He also served as a basketball coach for the North Plainfield Nothing But Nets organization and was the owner of his own clothing company, Murphy said. "Helping people was his true calling and I know his family and community will miss that the most, may God bless him and each and every one of his...

16Apr

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Shahin Shahablou, photographer

Shahin Shahablou ‑ an Iranian photographer ‑ died of COVID-19, aged 56, on 15 April 2020. He was raised in Tehran. His love of photography led to a bachelor’s and then a master’s degree in the subject from the University of Tehran. For the last two years of his undergraduate course worked for the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organisation , photographing heritage sites while managing the organisation’s darkroom. He taught photography, enjoyed solo exhibitions in Iran and India. He a photojournalist at the new Azad newspaper, a pro-reformist publication that appeared in the comparatively liberal years of Mohammad Khatami’s presidency and became a photojournalist and a board member of the Iranian Photojournalists Association. When Azad was ...

Carla do Nascimento Dias, Nursing Technician

16Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Carla do Nascimento Dias, Nursing Technician

Carla do Nascimento Dias – a Nursing Technician in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – passed away on 15 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Carla was 46 years old. According to the Rio Military Police Secretariat, the sergeant died "as a result of a respiratory illness of unknown origin". She also informed that when she was admitted, she was tested for Covid-19, which was negative. "A new exam is under analysis for counterproof". Carla was a nursing technician, had been with the corporation for 22 years and was employed at HCPM. He leaves a partner and a 13-year-old son. There is still no information about the burial. Source:Mais Goias Please help us in adding details.