Deaths – Page 59

16Apr

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India, Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Dr Ajit Agarwal, cardiologist

Ajit Agarwal, a cardiologist in the United Kingdom, died on April 15, 2020, due to COVID-19. He was 68. Dr Agarwal died of Covid-19 at a private hospital in the United Kingdom (UK) . A resident of India's Kanpur city, Dr Agarwal was a consultant cardiologist in London and had been in home quarantine for last several days before he was shifted to a hospital where he passed away after his lungs collapsed. Source: Pressreader Please help us in adding details.

16Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Habibhai Babu, Physician

Habibhai Babu – a Physician/Senior House Officer at Whipps Cross Hospital, London, England – passed away due to COVID-19. It is with deep sadness to announce that we have lost a member of the Barts Health family: Dr Habibhai Babu – known to all of us as Babu – an SHO in older people’s services at Whipps Cross Hospital. Source: NHS Barts Health Please help us in adding details.

16Apr

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Medics, Nigeria, Profiles

Chugbo Emeka, obstetrician-gynecologist

Chugbo Emeka – an obstetrician-gynecologist in Lagos, Nigeria – passed away on 15 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19.Chugbo was 60 years old. The Chief Medical Director, LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, said the doctor was not a staff of the hospital, but was rushed to the facility after he showed severe signs of the disease. “He was brought in late so there was no much we could do. He was a staff in LUTH years back before he went to join the private sector. We learnt he had COVID-19 patients in his facility that he was treating. He may have been exposed to the virus from there. “His death has shown what health workers are exposed to in the course of treating COVID-19 patients. Our hearts are with his family in this trying time. It is a sad development...

Aleksandar Janackovic, Internal Medicine specialist

16Apr

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Medics, Profiles, Serbia

Aleksandar Janackovic, Internal Medicine specialist

Aleksandar Janackovic – an Internal Medicine in Nis, Serbia – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 16 April, 2020. Aleksandar was 76 years old. Source: JUGMEDIA Please help us in adding details.

16Apr

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Lourdes Campbell, Healthcare Assistant

Lourdes Campbell – a Healthcare Assistant at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, England – passed away on 15 April,2020, due to COVID-19. Lourdes Campbell was employed by Bolton NHS foundation trust. The chief executive, Fiona Noden, announced her death, saying: “It is with deep regret and huge sadness that I share with you the devastating news that we have lost a friend and colleague to the terrible Covid-19 virus. “Lourdes Campbell, one of our healthcare assistants, died yesterday on our critical care unit. Lourdes, known as Des to her colleagues, had worked with us for nearly 13 years.” She added: “She was a well-liked and valued member of the team, known for working extremely hard. She was dedicated to patient care and her colleagues respected her quiet, diligent and compassionate...

Solomon Donald, Emergency Medical Technician

16Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Solomon Donald, Emergency Medical Technician

Solomon Donald – an Emergency Medical Technician at Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, New Jersey – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 16 April 2020. Solomon was 41 years old. Solomon Donald, 41, who worked for nine years as an EMT at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth. Donald, a husband and father of two children, also had worked at Saint Barnabas Medical Center as a hyperbaric safety officer in the wound care center. He also served as a basketball coach for the North Plainfield Nothing But Nets organization and was the owner of his own clothing company, Murphy said. "Helping people was his true calling and I know his family and community will miss that the most, may God bless him and each and every one of his...

Carla do Nascimento Dias, Nursing Technician

16Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Carla do Nascimento Dias, Nursing Technician

Carla do Nascimento Dias – a Nursing Technician in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – passed away on 15 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Carla was 46 years old. According to the Rio Military Police Secretariat, the sergeant died "as a result of a respiratory illness of unknown origin". She also informed that when she was admitted, she was tested for Covid-19, which was negative. "A new exam is under analysis for counterproof". Carla was a nursing technician, had been with the corporation for 22 years and was employed at HCPM. He leaves a partner and a 13-year-old son. There is still no information about the burial. Source:Mais Goias Please help us in adding details.

15Apr

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Medics, United States

Jesus Antonio Cabrales, General Surgeon

Jesus Antonio Cabrales – a General Surgeon in Cali, Colombia – passed away due to COVID-19. It was reported on April 15, 2020. Cabrales was 68 years old. Jesús Antonio Cabrales, 66, who was a general surgeon at Hospital Mario Correa. Cabrales, a doctor from Barranquilla who had arrived in Cali three months ago, also had a history of smoking and hypertension Source: Las 2 Orillas Please help us in adding details.

15Apr

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Greece, Mexico, Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Helen Damico, littérateur

Helen Damico ‑ a scholar of Old English and Old English literature – passed away on April 14, 2020 after suffering from Covid-19. Damico was a professor emerita at the University of New Mexico, where she began teaching in 1981 and founded the Institute for Medieval Studies. She was previously on the faculty of Brooklyn College and the University of Minnesota. She earned her B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1952, and received her Ph.D. from New York University in 1980. The author of Beowulf's Wealhtheow and the Valkyrie Tradition, Damico made important contributions to the study of women in Old English and Old Norse literature, and her work on Wealhþeow is frequently cited. She saw representations of the valkyrie in both Wealhþeow and Grendel's Mothe...

15Apr

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Aldo di Cillo Pagotto, archbishop

Aldo di Cillo Pagotto ‑ a Brazilian Catholic archbishop ‑ died in Fortaleza from Covid-19-related complications on 14 April 2020. Pagotto was born in Brazil, 16 September 1949. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1977. He served as coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral, Brazil, in 1996 and 1997 and as bishop of the Sobral Diocese from 1997 to 2004. He then became archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paraíba, Brazil, from 2004 to 2016.