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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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Israel, Medics, Profiles

Suzanne “Suzy” Levi, Nurse

Suzanne "Suzy" Levi, 65, Nurse, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel – passed away on 26 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Suzy was 65 years old. Joint List party MK Ahmad Tibi, who is a medial doctor, tweeted his condolences to the family. “She gave to and helped others,” Tibi wrote. “May her memory be blessed.” Source: The Times Of Israel Please help us in adding details.

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.

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...

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.

27Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Paulo Henrique Lima, Nursing Technician

Paulo Henrique Lima – a Nursing Technician at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Paulo was 40 years old. Please help us in adding details.

27Apr

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India, Medics, Profiles

Biplab Dasgupta, Assistant Director

Biplab Dasgupta – an Assistant Director of Health Services in Kolkata, India passed away on 26 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Dr. Biplab Kanti Dasgupta, a senior government doctor involved in the fight against COVID-19 died at a hospital in Kolkata. Dasgupta, 60, posted as Assistant Director Health Services (equipment and stores) was initially admitted to Beliaghata Infectious Diseases hospital and later shifted to a private hospital in Salt Lake, Kolkata on April 18. Dasgupta succumbed to the disease. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled Doctor Dasgupta's demise. ''We have lost Dr. Biplab Kanti Dasgupta Assistant Director, Health Services, West Bengal in the early hours of today. He was Assistant Director of Health Se...