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28Apr

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Medics, Profiles, Turkey

Tugba Yuce Kusdemir, Nurse

TugbaYuceKusdemir – a Nurse at Balikesir Ataturk City Hospital, Balikesir, Turkey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 28 April, 2020. Tugba was 35 years old. Despite all the efforts, Kuşdemir, who had previously received cancer treatment and defeated this disease and resumed his duty at the hospital, could not be saved. Source: Milleyet Please help us in adding details.

28Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Ken Lambatan, Nurse

Ken Lambatan – a Specialist Cardiology Research Nurse at St George’s University Hospitals, London, England – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 28 April 2020. Ken was 34 years old. Source: The Sun Please help us in adding details.

28Apr

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Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Roberto V. Anastacio, Cardiologist

Roberto V. Anastacio – a Cardiologist in Makati, Philippines – passed away due to COVID-19. He was 79 years old. “We remember and mourn a colleague, Dr. Roberto Anastacio, who once chaired the Cardiac Graphics Section of the Philippine Heart Center before eventually moving to the University of Sto. Tomas as member of the faculty and consultant of the same university as well as of Makati Medical Center. He too fell prey to this dreadful COVID virus while in confinement at MMC. We weep with the family as we entrust his soul to our Lord, the Almighty,” said the Executive of the University. Source: Philippine Heart Center Please help us in adding details.

28Apr

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Hungary, Medics, Profiles

Csaba Bóhak, Porter/Transporter

Csaba Bóhak – a Porter/Transporter at SzentBorbálaKórházat (St. Barbara's Hospital), Tatabánya, Hungary – passed away due to COVID-19. For twenty years, the young man's conscientious service to St. Barbara's Hospital in Tatabánya and his dedicated work contributed to the healing of the patients. The quiet, reliable healthcare worker was under intensive treatment at St. George's Hospital in Székesfehérvár for several weeks. On April 24, his organization gave up the fight against the COVID-19 virus. The first health care victim of the coronavirus is considered dead by the Ministry of Human Resources. Source: 888 Please help us in adding details.

27Apr

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Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Joan Wittman, grandmother

Joan Wittman ‑ a mother, grandmother and a good friend from Minneapolis ‑ lost her life to COVID-19 on April 26 at 88 years old. Her sweetness drew even the family dog in from the time Joan Wittman was born in 1931. “She grew up here in Minneapolis,” her daughter Joan Berendt said. “She left school at 10th grade she started working to help the family out. But, one of the smartest people I ever knew.” Joan did crossword puzzles in ink and her daughter says her mom’s nose was always buried in a book. “I was really, really close to her,” Berendt said. In fact, her mom lived with Jill Berendt’s family and helped to raise Jill’s kids, until dementia forced them two years ago to move Joan to North Ridge in New Hope. Like ...

27Apr

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Medics, Mexico

Francisco Brito Barrera, Neurosurgeon

Francisco Brito Barrera – a Neurosurgeon at IMSS Hospital General Regional No. 17, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico – passed away on 26 April 2020, due to COVID-19. Francisco was 58 years old. Francisco Brito Barrera, 58 years old, cared for people hospitalized in the hospital, but not in the apartment assigned to treat suspected patients or who tested positive for the virus, the institution reported. Source: HC Please help us in adding details.

Lorna Breen, Emergency Department Medical Director

27Apr

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Medics, United States

Lorna Breen, Emergency Department Medical Director

Lorna Breen – an Emergency Department Medical Director at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, New York City (suicide) – passed away on 26 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Lorna was 49 years old. Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Va., where she was staying with family, her father said in an interview. Tyler Hawn, a spokesman for the Charlottesville Police Department, said in an email that officers on Sunday responded to a call seeking medical assistance. “The victim was taken to U.V.A. Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed to self-inflicted injuries,” Mr. Hawn said. Dr. Breen’s father, Dr. Philip C. Breen, said she had described devastating scenes of the toll the coronavirus took ...

Valdirene Aparecida Ferreira dos Santos, Nursing technician

27Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Valdirene Aparecida Ferreira dos Santos, Nursing technician

Valdirene Aparecida Ferreira dos Santos – a Nursing technician at Hospital Marcelino Champagnat, Curitiba, Brazil – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 27 April, 2020. Valdirene was 40 years old. She attended the ICU of Hospital Marcelino Champagnat and took care of a patient with Covid-19. Rita Franz, president of Apenf, says that Valdirene's death is overwhelming for the category. “Each number for us has a face, name, family. We are at the forefront in fighting a virus that we know little about ”, he reports. Source: Paranaportal Please help us in adding details.

27Apr

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Italy, Medics, Profiles

Luigi Macori, Internist

Luigi Macori – an Internist at Casa di Cura "Montanari," Morciano di Romagna (RN), Italy – passed away on 26 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Luigi was 70 years old. The mayor of Morciano Giorgio Ciotti remembered him with a message on his facebook page: “Dr. Luigi Macori, historian, well-liked and esteemed doctor of the Montanari Nursing Home. To my relatives and to the entire staff of the Nursing Home my most heartfelt condolences go out and my entire city administration. " Source: RIMINI TODAY Please help us in adding details.

27Apr

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Neighbors, Profiles, Turkey

Gulbek Erkilic, Security personnel

Gulbek Erkilic – a Chief of Security at Uludag University Hospital, Bursa, Turkey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 27 April, 2020. Gulbek was 52 years old. The 52-year-old Deputy Head of Eğitim-Bir-Sen No.2 Branch and football coach, who was the Security Unit Manager at Bursa Uludağ University, died from corona virus. Erkılıç, who stated that he was treated at Uludağ University as a result of the positive corona test he made on the social media post on April 4, was able to resist the corona for 22 days. It was claimed that the plasma, which was urgently sought for Erkılıç, was found 20 days later but was late. Uludağ University Rector Prof. Dr. "We are experiencing the deep sorrow of losing our precious brother G&uum...