Deaths – Page 50

23Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

David Martin, Paramedic

David Martin – a Paramedic at American Medical Response, Natchez, Mississippi – passed away on 22 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. AMR Southwest Mississippi posted about Martin’s death on Facebook, saying he gave the ultimate sacrifice. “It was not his intent to sacrifice his life for others,” the post read. "It was his job, his career, and his way of life." Source: WLOX Please help us in adding details.

23Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Dilva Barbosa de Oliveira, Nurse

Dilva Barbosa de Oliveira – a Nurse at Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual "Francisco Morato de Oliveira" (HSPE-FMO), São Paulo, Brazil – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Dilva was 56 years old. Dilva Barbosa de Oliveira did all she could to save her patients. Then one day, the nurse’s body started to ache. Ms. Barbosa de Oliveira, grew fatigued, as a fever spiked. She had trouble urinating, started coughing and lost her sense of taste and smell. Gasping for breath, she was rushed to the Employees of São Paulo State Hospital where she worked, this time as a patient in intensive care. She tested positive for Covid-19. Source: Wall Street Journal Please help us in adding details.

23Apr

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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.

23Apr

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Gastão Dias Júnior, 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...

22Apr

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Deborah Gatewood, Phlebotomist

Deborah Gatewood – a Phlebotomist at Beaumont Health Farmington Hills, Farmington Hills, Michigan – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 22 April, 2020. Source: Fox 2 Detroit Please help us in adding details.

22Apr

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Lorna Gabriela Graniel Cervantes, Nurse

Lorna Gabriela Graniel Cervantes – a Nurse at IMSS Regional Hospital No. 17, Cancun, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 22 April, 2020. Lorna was 38 years old. She had isolated herself at home with symptoms such as the flu, fever, cough and shortness of breath. Source: RH Please help us in adding details.

22Apr

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Fernando Juarez, Orderly

Fernando Juarez – an Orderly at IMSS Hospital Regional No. 2 Villa Coapa, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico - passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 22 April, 2020. Source: Facebook Please help us in adding details.

22Apr

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Celia Yap Banago, Nurse

Celia Yap Banago – a Registered Nurse at Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri – passed away on 21 April, 2020, due to COVID-19. Celia was 65 years old. Celia Yap Banago, a registered nurse who had worked at Research Medical Center for more than 40 years, died after caring for a COVID-19 patient, according to the National Nurses United union. “It’s horrible to find out that she didn’t make it,” says Charlene Carter, a registered nurse who worked at Research with Banago for seven years. She was scheduled to retire next week. Carter says that she and Banago in late March treated a patient who was later found to have COVID-19. She says they treated the patient without N95 masks or any of the specialized protective equipment typically...

22Apr

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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.

22Apr

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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.