Thursday, June 18

Tag: Deaths

Enrique Emilio Benites Quintero, Otolaryngologist
Medics, Profiles

Enrique Emilio Benites Quintero, Otolaryngologist

Enrique Emilio Benites Quintero – an Otolaryngologist at Boy Scout, ClínicaMilenium, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on April 19, 2020. Enrique was 70 years old. Source: Telesur Please help us in adding details.
Simon Guest, Radiographer
Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Simon Guest, Radiographer

Simon Guest – a Radiographer at Furness General Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England – passed away after suffering from Covid-19. It was reported on 19 April, 2020. Source: BBC Please help us in adding details.
Catalin Barbulescu, Thoracic Surgeon
Medics, Profiles

Catalin Barbulescu, Thoracic Surgeon

Catalin Barbulescu – a Thoracic Surgeon at  Spitalul Universitar de Urgenta Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania – passed away on 18 April, 2020, due to COVID-19. Catalin Barbulescu was 65 years old. “Our colleague Dr. Catalin Barbulescu passed away last night. Our thought is to follow this good man permanently from now on. The Emergency University Hospital suffers today the first loss in this fight with the times”, the hospital announced on its Facebook page of  the medical unit. Source: Media Fax Please help us in adding details.
Emilio Úcar Corral, Medical Director
Medics, Profiles, Spain

Emilio Úcar Corral, Medical Director

Emilio Úcar Corral – a Medical Director at Hospital Universitario Santa Cristina, Madrid, Spain- passed away on 18 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Emilio was 58 years old. Source: Tellereport Please help us in adding details.
Michael Giuliano, physician
Medics, Profiles, United States

Michael Giuliano, physician

Michael Giuliano – a Doctor at Mountainside Medical Group, Nutley, New Jersey – passed away on 18 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Michael was 64 years old. Patients and friends of a Nutley doctor who died from COVID-19 safely gathered to remember him. Dr. Michael Giuliano was a doctor to township workers for 15 years. He was treating multiple patients for the virus but was not able to beat it himself. A bagpiper played outside Giuliano’s Franklin Avenue office as a procession of firetrucks and police cars filed by. Some of the families of his practice over the last 30 years gathered on the front lawn. “We miss him. He was a good person, a special doctor and a good friend,” says former patient Maria Carnicella. SOURCE: New Jersey...
Silvio Cufre, Nurse
Argentina, Medics, Profiles

Silvio Cufre, Nurse

Silvio Cufre – a Nurse at Instituto MédicoBrandsen, Buenos Aires, Argentina – passed away on 18 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Silvio was 47 years old. Silvio was admitted to a clinic in Cañuelas and resided in San Vicente, Buenos Aires province. The municipality of San Vicente confirmed the news and published a brief statement, in which it expressed: “ A very sad news surrounds us today to the Sanvicentinos. The coronavirus pandemic affects us directly. The tragedy of the death of the nurse Silvio Cufré is a very strong blow for everyone, especially for his family, his friends, neighbors and his coworkers . ” The Ministry of Health of the province of Buenos Aires also provided details of Cufré's death: &ld...
Maurice Dotson, Nursing Assistant
Medics, Profiles, United States

Maurice Dotson, Nursing Assistant

Maurice Dotson – a Certified Nursing Assistant in Austin, Texas – passed away on 17 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Maurice was 51years old. His friends and family say he was devoted to the nursing home residents he cared for and that they are comforted knowing he knew and understood the risks of coronavirus, yet put the priority on his patients. “He was the type, he didn’t just leave at the end of his shift," his friend and former coworker Mona Surber said. "He went and told every single resident on that hall, 'I’m leaving, goodnight. Do you need anything before I leave?' And that was every single night – every single night.” “He was a very proud nurse's assistant, which is to be complimented,&...
Don Batayola, Physical Therapist
Medics, Profiles, United States

Don Batayola, Physical Therapist

Don Batayola – a Physical Therapist in New Jersey – passed away due to COVID-19. Don Batayola was 41 years old. To his loved ones and the people whom he had worked with, Don Ryan Batayola’s legacy as a worker at the frontlines combating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is marked with selflessness, humility, and devotion in taking care of others. Fondly called as Batz, the 41-year-old Cebuano occupational therapist (OT) succumbed to COVID-19 while working at the frontlines in New Jersey last April 4, 2020. Batz’ passing came as a shock, and even a painful one since his friends and family couldn’t be by his side during his last moments – an agony shared among those who lost their loved ones to the virus.  “He was a generous giv...