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Dr. Ghvont Mouradia, Thermal Doctor
30Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Profiles

Dr. Ghvont Mouradia, Thermal Doctor

Dr. Ghvont Mouradia, 61, a Syrian-Armenian doctor who specialized in alternative medicine, passed away after suffering from Covid-19 in Italy on March 29, 2020. He was known by his nickname Revont. Besides practising modern medicine, he also specialised in acupuncture and hydrotherapy. Mouradian was born to an Armenian family in Qamishli, northern Syria, where he spent his childhood. He moved to India to study gynaecology and in 1987, travelled to Italy to specialise in medical hydrology at the University of Pavia. He became a respected thermal doctor in Salsomaggiore, a city in northern Italy known for its healing thermal baths, where he kept caring for his patients until the lockdown was enforced. Mouradian’s relatives, split between Syria and Lebanon, were deeply saddened...
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Dr Fevzi Aksoy, neurologist & academic
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles

Dr Fevzi Aksoy, neurologist & academic

Dr Fevzi Aksoy –a Turkish sports writer, medical doctor, neurologist and academic – died on 28 March 2020 after contracting Covid-19.   He graduated from Pertevniyal High School in 1947. He continued his education at the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine and graduated in 1953. He received the title of "Associate Professor" in 1968 and "Professor" in 1982. He worked on EEG and epilepsy in Germany between 1960–1967.   He worked in the Istanbul University Psychology Clinic and later worked as the head of Health, Culture and Sports Department of Istanbul University. He subsequently worked as an academic member of Istanbul Anatolian Sports Academy, EskiƟehir Health Academy and Istanbul University Sports Vocational School. H...
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Dr Roberto Peñalba, Pediatric specialist
29Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Profiles, United States

Dr Roberto Peñalba, Pediatric specialist

Panamanian Pediatric specialist, Dr. Roberto Peñalba, 59, died on March 28, 2020, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Panamanian doctor who tested positive for Covid-19 after returning to Panama and having participated in the National Zalsa Day and other danceable events in Puerto Rico, allegedly died of complications related to the virus. The information about the pediatrician, identified as Roberto Peñalba, was communicated on Twitter and confirmed to NotiCel by Richie Viera, producer of the radio program Nación Z. This, in turn, informed NotiCel of having received the information from another Panamanian journalist, Álvaro Alvarado, former anchor of the RPCTV Panama channel. In the middle of this month, the doctor became the sixth coronavirus-positive case in Panama. After learning abo...
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Dr Jacques F. Acar, infectious disease specialist
28Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
France, Medics, Profiles

Dr Jacques F. Acar, infectious disease specialist

Dr Jacques F. Acar ‑ known as expert of microbiology and infectious diseases in France and around the world ‑ passed away on 27 March,2020 at the age of 88 due to COVID-19. In 1966, Acar became head of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the Hôspital Saint-Joseph in Paris, staying there until 1999. At the same time, he was head of Medical Microbiology at the Hôpital Broussais. He was a professor of medical microbiology at Pierre and Marie Curie University from 1973 until 1980, and was head of that department from 1980 to 2000. Acar was President of the World Health Organization's taskforce on antimicrobial resistance from 1992 to 1996. He served as editor-in-chief of Clinical Microbiology and Infection from 1995 to 2000, and an expe...
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Dr. Salvacion Rodriguez-Gatchalian, Pediatrician
27Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Philippines

Dr. Salvacion Rodriguez-Gatchalian, Pediatrician

Dr. Salvacion Rodriguez-Gatchalian, a pillar of the Philippines’ Pediatric Infectious Disease medicine and a champion of children’s health had fallen in the battle against the deadly coronavirus, on March 26. Gatchalian was the president of the Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) that leads training of physicians on child health. She also served as the assistant director at the Research of Institute of Tropical Medicine that houses the country’s lone testing center for Covid-19. She too had been a fellow of Pediatric Infectious Disease for more than three decades. Gatchalian’s Facebook account was flooded with expressions of grief as her colleagues mourned the passing of a mentor to young researchers and doctors. A post remembered Gatchalian as a “great mentor and friend to many young...
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Dr Habib Zaidi
26Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
United Kingdom

Dr Habib Zaidi

Dr Habib Zaidi, a family GP, is thought to be the first doctor in the UK to have been killed by coronavirus on March 25. The 76-year-old, from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, died in intensive care just 24 hours after being taken ill. His daughter Dr Sarah Zaidi, also a GP, said the knowledge that coronavirus had taken him was “too much to bear.” She added: “It is reflective of his sacrifice. He had a vocational attitude to service.” Dr Zaidi had been self isolating at home and had not seen patients for a week before he died. He and his wife, Dr Talat Zaidi, 70, were both managing partners of Eastwood Group Practice and had served three generations of families in the area for nearly 50 years. Their daughter added: “We can’t mourn in the normal way. We can’t have a normal funera...
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Dr. Jean-Marie Boegle, Obstetrician
23Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Profiles, Uncategorized

Dr. Jean-Marie Boegle, Obstetrician

Dr Jean-Marie Boegle, a gynocologist who worked in Mulhouse, died on March 22 from coronavirus. France 3 Television reported that Dr Boegle had gone to his holiday home near Dijon (Cîte d’Or) in the Burgundy region of France two weeks ago, to get some rest. Tired, and suffering from other health issues, he decided to get tested for coronavirus. He tested negative the first time, however, a week later, he tested positive for Covid-19. He went in to a coma and died on Sunday. On March 23, several colleagues wrote messages showing their appreciation for Boegle. Gynecologist Bernard Servent, a retired gynecologist at the Diaconat clinic in Mulhouse, expressed his regret at losing his former colleague. “He was friendly, joyful, funny and very easy to like,” remembers Servent. Boegle ...
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Dr Hadio Ali K, Neurologist
22Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Indonesia, Medics, Profiles

Dr Hadio Ali K, Neurologist

Hadio Ali K – a Neurologist at Public Hospital, South Jakarta, Indonesia – passed away on 21 March,2020, due to COVID-19. He was 49 years old. Source: Liputan 6 Please help us in adding details.
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Dr. Israel Bactol, Cardiologist
22Mar By Web TeamNo Comments
Israel, Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Dr. Israel Bactol, Cardiologist

Dr Israel Bactol, a promising 34-year-old Cardiology Fellow working at the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), lost his fight against Covid-19, on March 21. “I’ve been around many physicians. Everybody’s brilliant. But, every now and then, you come across a person who just separates himself from the crowd. That’s El,” Dr Tom-Louie Acosta told Rappler in an interview. Acosta, an internist, is Bactol’s close friend and co-trainee from his 3-year residency at Premiere Medical Center in Cabanatuan City. “You can’t help but gravitate towards him because he was such a beautiful person, on top of being a brilliant physician,” he added. Bactol’s memory is etched in the hearts of his family, friends, fellow physcians, hospital colleagues, and patients coming from underserved communities. Bactol...
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