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Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria, General Practitioner
16Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria, General Practitioner

Palermo Wilson Cruz Acuria – a General Practitioner at Clínica Palermo, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away on 15 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Palmero was 62 years old.  His relatives remember him as a human being with a “big heart”, since from his Palermo clinic, on 17th and Maldonado streets, southwest of the city, he often attended low-income people free of charge and delivered medicines in the sector. With a vast career between Ecuador and Argentina, Cruz was an outstanding surgeon. "He is already in a better place, his cycle ended here, helping many people," said his son Wilson. Source: El Universo Please help us in adding details.
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Betty Marlene Cruz Yagual, Obstetrician
11Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Betty Marlene Cruz Yagual, Obstetrician

Betty Marlene Cruz Yagual – an Obstetrician at Centro de Salud Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away on 10 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Betty was 61 years old. Her love for her profession led her to obtain a Master's degree in Public Health. She had a 29-year history in this sector, between the Santiago de Guayaquil Health Centers, number 13 and El Cisne 2. Betty Cruz's family and friends remember her as a cheerful and supportive woman, who enjoyed her obstetric profession and the relationship with her patients. On April 7, she entered the Los Ceibos hospital of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) with respiratory symptoms and three days later she died at 61 years of age. Source: El Universo Please help us ...
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Alberto Cordero Aroca, Physician
9Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Alberto Cordero Aroca, Physician

Alberto Cordero Aroca – a Physician at Facultad de CienciasMédicas de la Universidad de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away due to COVID-19. The history and dissemination above all of the figure of Vicente Rocafuerte and the care of patients nuanced the life of Alberto Cordero Aroca, who died earlier this month. The doctor was head of boarding school and professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the U. of Guayaquil. His friend the poet Marigloria Cornejo remembered him as a being committed to history and a special desire to serve. "You never stopped serving who knocked on your door and you always did it with affection and with a special smile," he said of the doctor who served in the public area. Source: El Universo ...
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Giovanni José Coppiano Campoverde, Radiology Technician
6Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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Giovanni José Coppiano Campoverde, Radiology Technician

Giovanni José Coppiano Campoverde – a Radiology Technician, Clown at Hospital de niñosDr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away on April 5, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Giovanni was 55 years old. He studied at the Vicente Rocafuerte National School in Guayaquil. His passion for medicine led him to graduate as a medical radiology technologist and a graduate in imaging. It was Master in Management of Health Services. He worked since 1998, in the imaging area of ​​the Dr. Roberto Gilbert Elizalde Children's Hospital.  His love for children not only led him to work at the children's hospital, but also made him a pioneer in children's entertainment, being a clown, creating shows like the Clown Copito, together w...
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