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Tag: Deaths

Carlos Torres del Pozo, Family Doctor
28May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Spain

Carlos Torres del Pozo, Family Doctor

Carlos Torres del Pozo – a Family Doctor in Toledo, Spain – passed away on 27 May, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Carlos was 62 years old. The Official College of Physicians of Toledo has sent a note in which it joins the pain of family and friends and expresses its sincere condolences for the loss of another fellow colleague in this corporation: Dr. Carlos Torres del Pozo, 62, after 35 years of professional practice in the capital , where he had a private Family Medicine practice. The Board of Directors of the Official College of Physicians of Toledo "mourns the death of Dr. Carlos Torres and joins the pain of all the colleagues in the province in these moments of health alarm that are not being easy for the entire population, and especially , for health...
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Dr Rajesh Gupta, anaesthetist
26May By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles, Sad But True, United Kingdom

Dr Rajesh Gupta, anaesthetist

Dr Rajesh Gupta, a consultant anaesthetist at the National Health Service (NHS)-run Wexham Park Hospital in Berkshire, south-east England, was found dead earlier on May 25 and the cause of his death is yet to be established. The Indian-origin doctor working on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic at the UK hospital was found dead in the hotel he was staying in to isolate away from his family during the lockdown, reported Press Trust of India. “We are very sorry to pass on the sad news that our Frimley Health colleague Dr Rajesh Gupta has passed away,” Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust said in a statement on Friday. “Rajesh, who worked as a consultant at Wexham Park Hospital, was found on Monday afternoon in the hotel where he had been staying to protect hi...
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Marco Guananga Mayorga, General Practitioner
26May By Web TeamNo Comments
Ecuador, Medics, Profiles

Marco Guananga Mayorga, General Practitioner

Marco Guananga Mayorga – a General Practitioner at Hospital Coto Nicolás Infante, Vinces, Ecuador – passed away on 25 March, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Marco was 69 years old. He worked as a doctor in the Vinces prison and the Coto Infante hospital. He was born in Guano and was always proud of his roots. The doctor, who traveled daily from Guayaquil to attend to his patients in Vinces, leaves a legacy of love, humility and responsibility. "His family and colleagues from his faculty will remember him for his jokes, stories and good humor," recalled his daughter Diana. Source: El Universo Please help us in adding details.
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Ismail Gamadiid, politician
26May By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, Profiles, Somalia

Ismail Gamadiid, politician

Ismail Diriye Gamadiid ‑ a Somali Puntlander politician – succumbed to Covid-19-related complications on May 25, 2020. He was serving as Puntland's Minister of Agriculture, the Environment, and Climate Change at the time of his death in May 2020 from COVID-19. Gamadiid contracted COVID-19 in Puntland, which has been heavily impacted during the pandemic. He was transferred to a hospital in Mogadishu for treatment, where he remained hospitalized for several weeks. Ismail Gamadiid death from COVID-19 at a Mogadishu hospital was confirmed on May 25, 2020. The government of Puntland issued a statement on Facebook stating, "We have lost the minister of environment and agriculture Ismail Gamadiid may his soul rest in peace," while President of Puntland Said Abdu...
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