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HĂ©ctor Bornes, General Practitioner
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics

HĂ©ctor Bornes, General Practitioner

Héctor Bornes – a General Practitioner at Hospital Angel Marzetti, Buenos Aires, Argentina – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on April 23. Hector was 56 years old. After learning that he had the virus, the 56-year-old professional moved to the Ramón Carrillo Rural Hospital in San Vicente. However, after complicating the picture, he was transferred to the Cuenca Alta de Cañuelas, with serious respiratory difficulties, in the one born in Carlos Casares where he finally died. “Once again the tragedy of the pandemic hits us in Sanvicentinos. Now it is about Dr. Héctor Bornes, husband of Dr. Silvia Marelli, affected by COVID-19. Those who are on the front lines of this invisible enemy are those who continue to give their live...
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Angie Cunningham, Nurse
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Angie Cunningham, Nurse

Angie Cunningham – a Nurse at NHS Borders, Melrose, Scotland – passed away on 22 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Angie was 60 years old. Angie Cunningham, worked with NHS Borders for more than 30 years. People lined the route of the funeral cortege through her home village of Tweedbank before staff stood in tribute outside Borders General Hospital. They burst into applause as the hearse carrying Ms Cunningham passed by on its way to the private service. A floral tribute was laid by funeral director Awdri Doyle on behalf of the family at a shrine which has been set up in her memory in front of the hospital's chaplaincy centre. Source: BBC News Please help us in adding details.
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GastĂŁo Dias JĂșnior, Physician
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

GastĂŁo Dias JĂșnior, Physician

Gastão Dias Júnior – a Physician, Paediatrics at Hospital da Unimed, BalneárioCamboriú, Brazil – passed away on 22 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Gastao was 51 years old. The cause of death was coronavirus, informed the municipal administration, the unit management and the Regional Council of Medicine (CRM-SC). The case has not yet been confirmed by the state government as being due to the infection. The doctor was hospitalized on March 29 and transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) the next day, and his only risk factor was overweight, said the director of the hospital, Mário Gonçalves Silva. In Balneário Camboriú, the pediatrician worked at the Municipal Hospital Ruth Cardoso. He also wor...
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Sharon Bamford, Nurse
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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...
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Durgut Er, Administrative Staff
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
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 CerrahpaƟa 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.
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AntĂŽnio CĂ©sar Ferreira Pitta Jesus, Nurse Technician
23Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

AntĂŽnio CĂ©sar Ferreira Pitta Jesus, Nurse Technician

Antônio César Ferreira Pitta Jesus – a Nurse Technician at Hospital Santo Antônio, Salvador, Brazil – passed away on 22 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Antonio was 48 years old. Antônio César had been a blood bank employee at Hospital Santo Antônio since 2012 and, according to the hospital, had no direct contact with inpatients because of Covid-19. The professional was diabetic, but he was only removed from work on April 15, when he developed fever and cough, the first symptoms of the new coronavirus. Source: Globo Please help us in adding details.
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