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Eduardo Martínez Etchart, Physician
12Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Eduardo Martínez Etchart, Physician

Eduardo Martínez Etchart – a Physician in Tlatelolco, México – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 12 April, 2020. Eduardo was 51 years old. “ Let's take care of our health personnel , this is not a game , I lost my father today . By protocols I will not see him again , since they will not give us his body , I will not be able to watch him ”, published one of the doctor's sons on social networks. Source: Infobae Please help us in adding details.
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Sandra Luz Cazares Jimenez, Hospital Laundry staff
12Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Mexico, Neighbors, Profiles

Sandra Luz Cazares Jimenez, Hospital Laundry staff

Sandra Luz Cazares Jimenez – a Hospital Laundry Service at IMSS Hospital General Zona 20 de La Margarita, Puebla, Mexico, Mexico – passed away on 11 April, 2020, due to COVID-19. Sandra was 54 years old. The Unit Manager, Rafael García Tizapán explained that on April 8, the worker went with severe coronavirus symptoms to the Manuel Ávila Camacho High Specialty Hospital, better known as San José, where the director José Álvaro Parra Salazar denied her medical service. Source: El Sol De Puebla Please help us in adding details.
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Eduardo Méndez Martinez, Orthopedic Surgeon
11Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Eduardo Méndez Martinez, Orthopedic Surgeon

Eduardo Méndez Martinez – an Orthopedic Surgeon (retired), Hospital Administrator at ISSSTE Hospital Regional General Ignacio Zaragoza, Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico – passed away on 10 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Martinez was 65 years old. Méndez, who a few years ago served as union secretary of the Zaragoza Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE). Source:Fondo Please help us in adding details.
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Miguel Angel Giron Guzmán, Emergency Room Director
10Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Miguel Angel Giron Guzmán, Emergency Room Director

Miguel Angel Giron Guzmán – an Emergency Room Director at La Perla General Hospital, Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico – passed away on 9 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Miguel was 60 years old. According to health officials, the doctor did not become infected at the hospital, but had traveled to Cuba in early March for a seminar and began to show symptoms upon his return. Officials claimed the doctor was battling the illness while in house isolation. His case worsened on April 2 and he went into the intensive care unit at the hospital where he worked. He ultimately succumbed to the deadly virus. Source: Breitbart Please help us in adding details.
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Lorena Borjas, activist
31Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Mexico, Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Lorena Borjas, activist

Lorena Borjas ‑ a Mexican-American transgender and immigrant rights activist, known as the mother of the transgender Latinx community in Queens, New York – died of Covid-19 on March 30, 2020.   Her work on behalf of immigrant and transgender communities garnered recognition throughout New York City and the United States. She lived for many years in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, where she was a community figure and leader.   In 1960, Borjas was born in Veracruz, Mexico. When she was seventeen years old, she ran away from home and lived on the streets of Mexico City. She later studied public accounting in Mexico City.   In 1981, Borjas emigrated to the United States at twenty years old, with the goal of obtaining hormone therapy and ...
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