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Dr Sayeed Ahmad Ali, Unani practitioner
28Jun By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

Dr Sayeed Ahmad Ali, Unani practitioner

Dr Sayeed Ahmad Ali, a Noida resident and a Unani practitioner, died on June 28, from coronavirus complications. He was admitted at Fortis Hospital, Noida, on June 7 and was kept on ventilator for 15 days, according to hospital authorities and close relatives of the victim. The hospital has given a bill of over Rs14 lakh to the kin of a Covid victim who was admitted at the facility for 20 days. The Gautam Budh Nagar district administration has said that it will look into the matter. The family took possession of the body on June 29 against a legal declaration on a Rs10 stamp paper to pay the negotiated amount, one of the relatives said. The hospital gave a bill of over Rs14 lakh to the grieving family, which was later revised to Rs10.2 lakh after the insurance covered Rs4...
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Dr Hu Weifeng, urologist
2Jun By Web TeamNo Comments
China, Medics, Profiles

Dr Hu Weifeng, urologist

  Dr Hu Weifeng ‑ an urologist who was treating patients at the Wuhan Central Hospital where Covid-19 was originally identified ‑ passed away on 2 June 2020 after a four-month fight with Covid-19. He made headlines in March, when his skin turned black "due to liver dysfunction" during his treatment. The exact cause of his death has not been made public but the news has triggered an outpouring of anger on Chinese social media sites. He tested positive for the virus in January, during the early stages of the Chinese outbreak, and was transferred to different hospitals for treatment the following two months. His condition initially improved in mid-March; however, he then suffered cerebral haemorrhages in late April and May. BBC    
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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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Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, professor
24May By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, professor

Jitendra Nath Pande or J. N. Pande ‑ Professor & Head of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Studies (AIIMS) – passed away after contracting Covid-19 virus on 23 May 2020. He was working as Senior Consultant (Medicine) at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, New Delhi. Pande was born in Shikohabad, India, to Shri Madan Mohan Pande and Smt. Kamla Devi Pande. His parents were from Uttar Pradesh. He was younger brother of Prof. Gyan N Pande, Emeritus Professor, Swansea University and President, International Centre for Computational Engineering. Pande obtained both his MBBS in 1963 and MD (Medicine) in 1966 degrees from AIIMS, New Delhi. Pande specialised in Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology. He treated many famous personalities fro...
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Dr Amro Abed, Professor
23May By Web TeamNo Comments
Egypt, Medics, Profiles

Dr Amro Abed, Professor

Dr Amro Abed, a Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Alexandria University Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Please help us in adding details.  
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Pilar Pellicer, actress
17May By Web TeamNo Comments
Mexico, Noteworthy, Profiles

Pilar Pellicer, actress

  Pilar Pellicer ‑ a Mexican film actress ‑ died from COVID-19 on May 16, 2020,at the age of 82 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico  At the 17th Ariel Awards, Pellicer won the Ariel Award for Best Actress for La Choca. She is a daughter of César Pellicer Sánchez, a lawyer by profession, and Pilar López de Llergo, both from Tabasco. At age 18, she studied at the Academy of Contemporary Dance, and was trained by Seki Sano. She later abandoned dance to study philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She also studied at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura. She debuted as an actress in the movie El vendedor de muñecas in 1955.    
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Dr Vasudeva Rao, dentist
10May By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Kuwait, Medics, Profiles

Dr Vasudeva Rao, dentist

Dr Vasudeva Rao, 54, an Indian dentist in Kuwait, died from the novel coronavirus on May 9, 2020.   He was the country's second medical professional to succumb to COVID-19, according to a media report.   Dr Rao passed away in Jaber hospital where he was undergoing treatment for coronavirus infection, news website timeskuwait.com reported.   A resident of Kuwait for about 15 years, Rao worked as an endodontist at Kuwait Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, a government-owned company.   Rao was a member of Indian Dentists' Alliance in Kuwait, an organisation of Indian dental professionals in Kuwait. The organisation mourned his loss.
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