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10May

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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.

9May

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Greece, High Profilers, Medics, Profiles

Dimitris Kremastinos, politician

Dr Dimitris Kremastinos Dr Dimitris Kremastinos ‑ a Greek politician who served as an MP ‑ died after suffering from COVID-19 on May 8, 2020. He was 78. Greece’s former health minister, cardiologist and university professor Dimitris Kremastinos was a widely respected doctor who became a household name in Greece as the personal physician of late Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou in the mid-1990s. He was admitted to Athens’ Evangelismos hospital on March 26. He died on May 8 after being in the intensive care unit for COVID-19.

9May

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Brazil, High Profilers, Profiles

Dr Vicente André Gomes, Politician

Vicente André Gomes a Brazilian politician and physician with a specialization in cardiology from the state of Pernambuco died on May 8, 2020, at the age of 68 after almost 3 weeks of hospitalization due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Son of Geanny and Moacyr André Gomes. Gomes went to medical school at the Fundação de Ensino Superior de Pernambuco, graduated in 1978 and later finished his specialization in Cardiology at the Federal University of Pernambuco. During his medical career, Gomes worked at various well known hospitals in Recife, such as Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Recife and Hospital dos Servidores do Estado de Pernambuco from 1979 to 1981. In 1985, Gomes decided to pursue a career into politics and at the same year he was elected as one of the members of the Mun...

9May

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Medics, Peru, Profiles

Dr Alberto Acuña Fernández, surgeon

Dr Alberto Acuña Fernández, a general surgeon, died of coronavirus almost two weeks of being admitted to Hospital III in Iquitos, Peru. Acuña, 62, worked for more than 10 years in the surgery department of the sanatorium. Source: El Comercio Please help us in adding details.

8May

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China, Medics, Profiles

Dr Xia Sisi, Gastroenterologist

Dr. Xia Sisi, a gastroenterologist at Union Jiangbei Hospital of Wuhan, died of Covid-19. She was 29 years old, married with a young child on whom she doted. The young mother didn’t tell her child she had the coronavirus. Mama is working hard, she said, to save sick people. Instead, Xia Sisi was fighting for her life in the same hospital where she worked, weak from fever and gasping for breath. Xia came from a family of medical professionals. As a young child, she had accompanied her mother, a nurse, to work. She joined the Union Jiangbei Hospital of Wuhan in 2015 and was the youngest doctor in her department. Her colleagues called her “Little Sisi” or “Little Sweetie” because she always had a smile for them. She loved Sichuan hot pot, a dish famous for its numbingly spicy broth. ...

8May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr. John F. Murray, Physician

Dr. John F. Murray, retired Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital died at the age of 92 after contracting COVID-19. Murray is reportedly survived by his wife, novelist Diane Johnson, two children, four stepchildren and 14 grandchildren. A longtime Bay Area pulmonary physician credited with diagnosing a lung disease known as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) died of the same illness on Tuesday in Paris. Murray, retired former Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at San Francisco General Hospital, died at his home at the age of 92. The UC San Francisco School of Medicine, where he served as Professor of Medicine emeritus, on Wednesday confirmed Murray’s death with a remembrance on its website. Murray served as the Chief of Pulmonology...

Dr Burton “Bud” David Rose, nephrologist

8May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr Burton “Bud” David Rose, nephrologist

Burton "Bud" David Rose an American nephrologist and the creator of the UpToDate medical software application died on April 24, 2020, due to complications of COVID-19. Rose was a clinical professor of medicine at Harvard University. He also held positions at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He was co-author of Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders; Pathophysiology of Renal Disease; and Renal Pathophysiology: The Essentials. Rose created the first version of UpToDate in his house in 1992. It was released on floppy disks. His work (creation of UpToDate) has influenced the modern practice of medicine more than any work in the current generation of practicing physicians. Ma...

8May

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Philippines, Profiles, United States

Dr Leandro Resurreccion III

“There were no hugs, there were no kisses, and there were no goodbyes.” That, according to the family of Dr. Leandro Resurreccion III, was how the country’s foremost and pioneering pediatric surgeon signed off in his fight against the virus. To the very end, he was working on his vision for pediatric surgery, especially in liver transplants, according to the Philippine Children’s Medical Center, where he was chief of the Pediatric Surgery Division. He was the hospital’s “first fallen soldier in the battle against COVID-19.” In a statement, the PCMC said Dr. Resurreccion was “well known locally and abroad as forward looking in his vision for pediatric surgery especially in liver transplants which he was working to the end. Always smiling, friendly and very â€˜cool’ he will be mi...

8May

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Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Dr Marcelo Jaochico

Dr. Marcelo Jaochico lost his heroic battle against the virus, he was being true to his vocation as “doctor to the barrios.” He was the provincial health officer of Pampanga and was the first awardee as Most Outstanding Doctor to the Barrios under the rural health program of the Department of Health. Thus, his daughter Cielo said in her Facebook page, Dr. Jaochico did not deserve to be regarded as than just a statistic. Dr. Jaochico served as doctor to the barrio in Calanasan, Apayao for 16 years here he multi-tasked as obstetrician, pediatrician and family physician, treating such ailments as dengue, malaria and measles. Once, to save a baby who had turned blue after delivery, he used his mouth to suction the obstruction out of the baby’s blocked windpipe. In his latest rural health...

8May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr Niaz Ali, Pediatrician

Dr Niaz Ali – a Pediatrician at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Please help us in adding details.