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Zhang Junfeng, Manual Therapist
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.
Julio Herrera, Nurse
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.
Biplab Dasgupta, Assistant Director
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...
Francisco Brito Barrera, Neurosurgeon
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
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. β€œThe 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 ...
Joan Wittman, grandmother
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 ...
Valdirene Aparecida Ferreira dos Santos, Nursing technician
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.
Javed Iqbal, Otorhinolaryngologist
Medics, Pakistan, Profiles

Javed Iqbal, Otorhinolaryngologist

Javed Iqbal – an Otorhinolaryngologist at Hayatabad Medical Complex/Khyber Girls Medical College, Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 25 April 2020. Javed was 55 years old. Source: DAWN Please help us in adding details.
John Mondello, Emergency Medical Technician
Medics, Profiles, United States

John Mondello, Emergency Medical Technician

John Mondello – an Emergency Medical Technician at Tactical Response Group, New York City (suicide) – passed away after suffering from COVID-19.It was reported on 26 April 2020. John was 23 years old. John Mondello was found dead from a gunshot wound discharged from a weapon registered to his retired NYPD father, in Queens on Friday. Mondello was found after a passerby spotted the body just after 6.45pm on rocks along a river wall on Shore Boulevard in Astoria. Source: Mail Online Please help us in adding details.