Friday, June 5

Tag: Covid

Durgut Er, Administrative Staff
Neighbors, Profiles, Turkey

Durgut Er, Administrative Staff

Durgut Er – an Administrative Staff at Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. In the statement made by Cerrahpaşa Rectorate of Istanbul University, it was said that “We wish mercy from God and condolences to our relatives, Durgut Er, our personnel working in the Information Processing Department of our rectorate who died due to Covid-19”. Source: Cumhuriyet Please help us in adding details.
Sharon Bamford, Nurse
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Sharon Bamford, Nurse

Sharon Bamford – an Oncology Nurse at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, Wales – passed away on 22 April, 2020 due to COVID-19. Sharon was 63 years old. "Warm, caring and dedicated" Sharon Bamford, who worked at Swansea's Singleton Hospital, was the eighth Welsh NHS worker to die with the virus. She died at Morriston Hospital on Tuesday. Her death came just days after her 73-year-old husband Malcolm died in the same intensive care unit. "Sharon was highly thought of by all the patients," said Singleton Hospital director Jan Worthing. She added Mrs Bamford was also "loved by her colleagues and friends within the team". Mrs Bamford had worked at the hospital for "many years", and in the haematology and oncology ward since...
Nikolay Goncharov, Cardiologist
Medics, Profiles, Russia

Nikolay Goncharov, Cardiologist

Nikolay Goncharov – a Cardiologist at Medical Center of Goncharovs' Family, Moscow, Russia – passed away on 22 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Nikolay was 57 years old. Nikolai Goncharov was a leading researcher in the group of clinical pathology of cerebral circulation at the Research Institute of Neurosurgery. N.N. Burdenko RAMS. “We created the principles of cardiac neurology with him,” writes Viktor Shakhnovich, a leading researcher in the Clinical Pathology Clinical Pathology Group at the Institute of Neurosurgery named after Academician N.N. Burdenko RAMS, head of the Center for Neurology. Source: MKRU Please help us in adding details.
Mortimer Levin, Physician
Medics, Profiles, United States

Mortimer Levin, Physician

Mortimer Levin – a Physician in Detroit, Michigan – passed away on 21 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Levin was 99 years old. He was born and raised in Detroit, graduating from Northern High School. He spent his final years at Pomeroy Living Sterling Skilled Rehabilitation Center in Sterling Heights, where he was generally referred to as Doc. Source: Legacy Please help us in adding details.
Donald Kennedy, Neurobiologist
Medics, Profiles, United States

Donald Kennedy, Neurobiologist

Donald Kennedy – a Neurobiologist (retired), Former President at  Stanford University; Former Chief of US FDA, Redwood City, California – passed away on 21 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Donald was 88 years old. Born Aug. 18, 1931, in New York City and educated at Harvard, he taught at Syracuse before arriving at “the Farm” in 1960 as an assistant professor. Kennedy climbed the ranks to become chair of the school’s biology department and helped create and, for a time, directed Stanford’s interdisciplinary human biology program. From 2000 to 2008, Kennedy served as editor in chief of the journal Science. He later returned to teaching undergraduates and served on the boards of numerous nonprofits and scientific organizations. ...
Katy Davis, Nurse
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Katy Davis, Nurse

Katy Davis – a Child Health Nurse at University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, England – passed away on 21 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Katy was 37 years old. A spokesman for University Hospital Southampton (UHS) said that Katy had worked as risk and patient safety lead in child health, though had been unwell for a period prior to her admittance to hospital when she tested positive for Covid-19. Source: Evening Standard Please help us in adding details.
Idris Bey, Emergency Technician
Medics, Profiles, United States

Idris Bey, Emergency Technician

Idris Bey – an Emergency Medical Technician, Instructor and Coordinator, FDNY, New York City – passed away due to COVID-19. Bey was 60 years old. Bey was a veteran of EMS, a responder to the rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center, and was assigned to the FDNY EMS Bureau of Training since 2002. At the Academy at Fort Totten, EMT Bey was a CFR instructor and taught emergency medical care, the fire department said. Bey began his career assigned to Station 35 in Williamsburg in 1993. After nine years in Brooklyn, he was assigned to the EMS Training Academy at Fort Totten for nearly two decades. Source: JEMS Please help us in adding details.