Sergey Beloshitskiy – an ICU Physician at Alexandrovskaya Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russia – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on April 25, 2020. Sergey was 50 years old.
In the intensive care unit of the Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital named after S.P. Botkina died anesthetist at the Alexander Hospital Sergei Beloshitsky. He worked for more than 20 years at the Elizabethan hospital.
The doctor died of cardiopulmonary failure due to pneumonia. He coronavirus infection COVID-19 was confirmed in vivo.
“The medical community of the city suffered a bereavement,” said the Director General of the NMIC named after V.A. Almazova, Academician of the RAS E.V. Nobility. – “Shining to others, I burn myself” – so, according to an ancient expression, the meaning of our profession is described. A cruel and great meaning that leaves no room for doubt and fear for those who are called to save people without sparing their lives. "We faced a dangerous and ruthless enemy who declared war on destruction, a war in which there can be no cease-fire, and we are confident that the selfless actions of our colleagues facing mortal danger will bring victory to humanity in this battle."
Source: Administration of St. Petersburg