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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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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...

27Apr

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Argentina, High Profilers, Profiles

Laura Bernal, diplomat

Laura Bernal ‑ an Argentine diplomat – passed away on 26 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. She served as Argentina's ambassador to Ireland from 2016 until her sudden death in 2020. She was present in the country for her compatriot Pope Francis's visit to Ireland as part of World Meeting of Families 2018. Bernal was from Buenos Aires. She died at her Rathmines home on 26 April 2020 and was found post-mortem to have contracted COVID-19. At the request of her sister and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bernal's body was not repatriated. Her funeral took place on 15 May at St Michael's parish church in Foxford and she was buried afterwards at nearby Craggagh Cemetery. Foxford is where Admiral William Brown (who founded the Argentine Navy) was born, hence ...

27Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Jeffrey Escher, Physician

Jeffrey Escher – a Physician, Geriatrician in New York, Westchester County, New York – passed away on 26 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Jeffery was 72 years old. Source: The Scardale Inquirer Please help us in adding details.

27Apr

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Medics, United States

Araceli Buendia Ilagan, Nurse

Araceli Buendia Ilagan – an ICU Nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida – passed away on 27 March,2020, due to COVID-19. Araceli was 63 years old. "As we battle this global public health crisis, caregivers throughout the world are bravely serving on the frontlines, often putting their patients' lives before theirs. These medical professionals — people like Araceli — are the true heroes, and we salute them all," the Jackson Health System, which runs the hospital, said in a statement. "My dearest sister, we admired you for your dedication on your profession. We are very, very proud of you. You're a true 'Hero' in this fight against Covid-19," Roy Buendia wrote. Source: CBS News Please help us in ad...

27Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Elma Cavalida, Maternity Assistant

Elma Cavalida – a Maternity Assistant at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow. London, England – passed away on 26 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Elma was 49 years old. Her death comes amid suggestions that those from ethnic minority backgrounds should be moved away from the front line to non-patient facing roles, as UK data shows they are ‘disproportionately affected by Covid-19’. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in mid-February and told that her condition was ‘curable’, but she would have to go through at least a year-and-a-half of treatment. The maternity assistant decided to continue working at the hospital until her chemotherapy started in late-March, but took every precaution possible, even buying her own stash of PPE equipment. After her last day of work in late Marc...

27Apr

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Julio Herrera, Nurse

Julio Herrera – a Nurse, Chief of Service at IMSS Hospital General de Zona No. 15, Reynosa, Mexico – passed away on 26 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Source: HC Please help us in adding details.

María del Rosario Cisneros Valdez, General Practitioner

27Apr

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

María del Rosario Cisneros Valdez, General Practitioner

María del Rosario Cisneros Valdez – a General Practitioner at ISSSTE Hospital General, Poza Rica de Hidalgo, Veracruz, Mexico – passed away on 26 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Maria was 65 years old. According to the union leader, it was due to atypical pneumonia, but they expect results from COVID-19. Although staff of the institution has not issued a message, Petra Carreón Muñoz, general secretary of the SNTISSSTE section 35, spoke about it, who said that the death was due to atypical pneumonia in a heart attack. The blood sample was sent to the state public health laboratory in Veracruz port to find out the result; According to the co-workers of the now-defunct, since the beginning of the contingency, Dr. María del Rosario asked her union representative Carmen Arenas t...

27Apr

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Medics, Profiles, Russia

Zhang Junfeng, Manual Therapist

Zhang Junfeng – a Manual Therapist in Russia – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 27 April, 2020. Fen was 34 years old. Source: First russia Please help us in adding details.