Profiles – Page 97

11Apr

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Ghana, Medics, Profiles

Dr Jacob Plange-Rhule, physician

Jacob Plange-Rhule –a Ghanaian physician, academic, and Rector of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons – died on 10 April 2020 due to Covid-19. At the time of his death, Plange-Rhule was the Head of the Department of Physiology of the School of Medical Sciences in Kumasi, Ghana. He was also a consulting physician at the Department of Medicine of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, where he founded the Hypertension and Renal Clinic and headed it for more than two decades. Plange-Rhule was born on 27 July 1957, in Winneba, Central Region, Ghana. He had his secondary education at the Accra Academy where he completed in 1976 prior to entering the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. ...

11Apr

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Iran, Medics, Profiles

Mojtaba Abedian, General Practitioner

Mojtaba Abedian, a General Practitioner in Neka, Mazandaran, Iran, passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on April 10. Source: Twitter Please help us in adding details.

11Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Dr LúciaDantas Abrantes, Physician

Dr Lúcia Dantas Abrantes, a physician in Fortaleza, Brazil, died at the age of 66 due to COVID-19 on April 10. She was against social isolation of the Covid-19 patients. On social media, the doctor had downplayed Covid-19. “There are viruses that are much more potent and that kill a lot more (H1N1 for example) and nobody cares about them. Why so? ” She asked. The posts were deleted after the death of the health professional. Source: Politica Distrital Please help us in adding details.

11Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Quen Agbor Ako, Nurse

Quen AgborAko – a nurse at a nursing home in Randallstown, Maryland - passed away on 10 April, 2020, in the United States due to COVID-19. She was 53 years old. Source: Fox45 News Please help us in adding details.

11Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Amrik Bamotra, Radiology Support Worker

Amrik Bamotra – a Radiology Support Worker at King George Hospital, Goodmayes, London, England – passed away on 10 April,2020, due to COVID-19. Amrik was 63 years old. Amrik Bamotra had been a radiology support worker at the King George hospital for the past four years and was a porter there before that. Tony Chambers, the chief executive of Barking, Havering and Redbridge university hospitals trust, said: “Amrik was well-liked among his colleagues, who have shared how friendly, chatty and kind-hearted he was, and that he was caring and compassionate to all patients. They said he treated everyone like his own family.” Source: The Guardian Please help us in adding details.

Luis Augusto Chirighini Bicudo, Orthopaedist

11Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Luis Augusto Chirighini Bicudo, Orthopaedist

Luis Augusto Chirighini Bicudo – an Orthopaedist, Santos, Brazil – passed away on 10 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Luis was 74 years old. He is the first health professional who died in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, as a result of the new coronavirus and was considered a 'hero' by many colleagues and patients. He was hospitalized in a serious condition at Ana Costa Hospital and had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus. “What remains are only good memories of a wonderful man, with a huge heart, who has helped so many people and who deserved to live longer, but unfortunately it was not God's will," wrote the son. Source: Globo.com Please help us in adding details.

10Apr

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Profiles, United States

Paul Novicki

Paul Novicki, 51, an EMT from Huron Township, Michigan, died from Covid-19 on April 9. Novicki, who had contracted the disease along with his partner, died after a long fight with the virus. “He saved people’s lives and he made other lives better just by being there,” said his son, Zack Novicki. Zack remembers his father being on the front lines saving lives for more than three decades. “He was a first responder. He lived his whole life saving people, his work was absolutely his passion,” Zack said. “I mean there’s some weeks where he would work 100-plus hours a week because it’s absolutely what he loved to do, help people. That’s what he was all about and he’s a hero to a lot of people.” A hero who had spent the last two weeks hospitalized fighting for his own life after he and hi...

10Apr

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Brazil, High Profilers, Noteworthy, Profiles

Vitor Sapienza, politician & economist

Vitor Sapienza ‑ a Brazilian politician and economist from the state of São Paulo – died at Hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo, at the age of 86 due to complications brought on by COVID-19 on April 9, 2020. Sapienza had a degree in economics and countable sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. In 1962, he started working as an accountant for the State of São Paulo. During this period of time, he had an active role at the State of Sao Paulo accountant union, and held various posts such as President, Secretary and Council member. In 1986, Sapienza successfully ran for a spot at the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo. His first term started in 1987 and finished in 1991. After his first tenure...

10Apr

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Italy, Medics, Profiles

Dr. Samar Sinjab

The 100th doctor to die on Italy’s front lines as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus epidemic was Samar Sinjab, a 62-year-old Syrian woman who was born in Damascus and lived in Italy’s northeast Veneto region since 1994. She contracted the virus from a patient in the early stages of the pandemic and died after spending two weeks in an intensive care unit. She died on April 9, 2020. She worked until her last days. The last WhatsApp message she sent was to one of her patients, according to the Corriere della Sera newspaper. Al Jazeera

Kevin Leiva, Emergency Medical Technician

10Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Kevin Leiva, Emergency Medical Technician

Kevin Leiva, 24, Emergency Medical Technician, Dover, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 9 April 2020. Kevin was 24 years old. Leiva was remembered as smart, positive and selfless, who lived to help others through being an EMT. “Kevin was only 24 years old," said Murphy. “Bless him. We thank him for his service. For an extraordinary lifetime. For his service to this state.” Source: NJ Please help us in adding details.