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20Jul

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India, Medics, Profiles

Pankajkumar Chaudhary, urologist

Pankajkumar Chaudhary -- a 40-year-old urologist from Mumbai who worked at Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation's fever clinic in the Indian state of Maharashtra and at the OPD of his own hospital -- lost his battle against Covid in the morning of July 19, 2020. Chaudhary was part of Indian Medical Association's Dombivli team which is providing free services at the civic body's fever clinic. The doctor was on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) support-cardiac and respiratory support- since July 6, reported Times of India. A known urologist in the twin cities, Dr Chaudhary managed his own hospital in Dombivli. He is survived by his wife, Purva, also a doctor and a 21-month-old son. "Despite the virus scare, my husband attended the fever clinic and the OPD," said Dr Purva....

20Jul

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High Profilers, India, Profiles

Mahesh Sharma, politician

Mahesh Sharma, a politician from the Indian state of Gujarat, died of Covid-19 on July 19, 2020. Sharma, who was vice-president of BJP’s Vadodara unit, passed away at a private hospital. He was undergoing treatment after having tested positive for Covid-19 last week. Sharma, in his mid 50s, was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) before he joined the BJP over two decades ago. Senior party leaders remembered Sharma for his dedication to the party’s internal affairs. “He was an extremely committed leader. He never contested elections but was always in the forefront of all activities undertaken by the party. When I was the general secretary of the Yuva Morcha, he was the vice-president of the organisation. We have worked very closely,” sa...

17Jul

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Bangladesh, Noteworthy, Profiles

Abdul Hye, social activist

Abdul Hye, younger brother of Bangladesh’s President Abdul Hamid, died of coronavirus at a hospital in the city on July 17, 2020. He was 67. Abdul Hye, also a freedom fighter, breathed his last around 1:15 am at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka. Abdul Hye, also assistant personal secretary to President Abdul Hamid, tested positive for coronavirus on July 2 and the taken to the CMH. He had been on ventilation support from July 12 following deterioration of his health condition. Hye is survived by wife, one son, two daughters and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death. Born in 1953 in Mithamain upazila of Kishoreganj district, Abdul Hye was a commander of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Shangshad, Mithamain. He was also former assistant profes...

17Jul

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High Profilers, India, Profiles

Neela Satyanarayan, election official

Neela Satyanarayan ‑ Maharashtra’s first woman chief election commissioner and celebrated author and poet ‑ succumbed to Covid-19 in Seven Hills Hospital in the Indian city of Mumbai on July 16, 2020. She was 72. She was the first IAS officer in the state to succumb to Covid-19. She had penned several books, was a 1972 batch IAS officer, and also composed music for some films. After retirement, she was appointed as the state’s Chief Election Commissioner. The Indian Express

17Jul

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Humberto “Junior” Trujillo, postmaster

Humberto "Junior" Trujillo, a postmaster in Phoenix, died of COVID-19 on July 16, 2020. Trujillo was a 31-year veteran of the Postal Service. Before his time with USPS, Junior was a masonry foreman who helped build the Phoenix Main Post Office at 4949 E. Van Buren St. azfamily.com

17Jul

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India, Italy, Noteworthy, Profiles

Paolo Tommasi, architect

Paolo Tommasi, 92, an Italian architect who played a crucial role in designing the Matrimandir and the gardens surrounding it in the international township Auroville, died of Covid-19 on July 16, 2020, in Puducherry. He was a resident of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in the Union territory and was admitted to Jipmer after he tested positive in the last week of June. Born in Ancona, Italy, Paolo emerged as a leading architect in Europe in the 1950s. He had a true passion for architectural interiors, design, theatre and painting. Paolo visited India in his thirties and met Sri Aurobindo’s spiritual collaborator Mirra Alfassa, fondly revered as the Mother, just before the inauguration of Auroville in 1968. He played a crucial role in assisting French architect Roger Anger in...

17Jul

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Maxx Cheng, teenager

Maxx Cheng ‑ a 13-year-old Claremont boy from who had been isolating in his room after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, died on July 16, 2020. “He had this, like, dream of wanting to go to the Olympics,” Charlotte Cheng, Maxx’s sister, said. Quarantined inside her home, Cheng said her younger brother began to feel sick on the Fourth of July. “Nausea, vomiting, chest pains,” she said. “That list that pops up, a little bit, on that initial search, he had all of those symptoms.” On July 9, Maxx’s mother took him to get tested for COVID-19. That test came back negative. “His symptoms matched, but then the test came out negative,” Cheng said. “So we were a little bit confused.” Despite the test result...

17Jul

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Patrick Ellis, radio host

Patrick Ellis, a popular Washington DC gospel broadcaster, died on July 16 at a hospital in Annapolis due to Covid-19 complications. He was 77 years old. For five hours each Sunday morning, Patrick Ellis led a personal communion over the Washington airwaves, playing a mix of classic and contemporary gospel music while helping his listeners get ready for church and prepare for the coming week, reported The Washington Post. In one of the country’s leading gospel markets, Mr. Ellis hosted 96.3 WHUR-FM’s Sunday morning gospel program for more than four decades, building a devoted audience that made his “Gospel Spirit” show the most popular program in its time slot. His daughter Adina Ellis Cato said the cause was complications from covid-19, the disease c...

16Jul

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Bolivia, Italy, Noteworthy, Profiles

Eugenio Scarpellini, bishop

Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini of El Alto, Bolivia, died on July 15, 2020, after contracting COVID-19. He was 66. The Italian-born bishop was remembered by colleagues as a tireless promoter of missions, who worked to improve relations with the government and intervened to defuse tensions in 2019 after protests over election irregularities rocked the South American country. Scarpellini was hospitalized in El Alto — situated at an elevation of more than 13,000 feet next to the capital, La Paz — but on July 15, he twice suffered "cardiac arrest, and the doctors were unable to do anything." Scarpellini was born Jan. 8, 1954, in Verdellino, Italy, and ordained in 1978. He was drawn to the priesthood at a young age, telling his parents at his first Communion, &qu...

16Jul

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India, Neighbors, Profiles

Sudha Rosaih, teacher

Sudha Rosaih, a 61-year-old retired maths teacher, died of Covid-19 at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a private hospital in Somatne Phata on July 15, 2020. Known for her teaching style, Sudha, who taught at Kamalnayan Bajaj School in Sambhajinagar area, was popular among her students for making mathematics simple and uncomplicated, reported The Indian Express. The couple’s son, Ritesh (27), has not had the courage to break the news to his father even as his mother’s funeral was held late on July 15, 2020. The family lives in Indrayaninagar area of Pimpri-Chinchwad, where they also own a small-scale industrial unit. The couple’s only son, Ritesh too is under home isolation after testing positive for the novel coronavirus. “My parents were undergoi...