Joel Carpio Mendoza – a Nuclear Medicine Physician at The Medical City Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 29 March, 2020.
Dr. Joel Carpio Mendoza was a nuclear medicine physician at The Medical City Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. He was also a nuclear medicine and PET/CT consultant at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute East Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines.
A medical school classmate, Niña Medina Gonzalez, remembered him as quiet student.
"He was never much of a talker but was always dependable during duties, preceptorials," she said in a post on Facebook. "He was very hardworking and intelligent, selflessly brought his own printer for everyone to use at the "warzone" i.e. IM interns' callroom… We love you, Joel."
Source: ESQUIRE