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9Apr

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France, Medics, Profiles

Pierre Gilet, General Practitioner

Pierre Gilet, 64, a General Practitioner, Dannemarie, France – passed away on 8 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Gilet was 64 years old. "In general, kids cry at the doctor. At Doctor's home, mine only laughed. He was our country doctor. I almost never went to the pediatrician thanks to him, ”recalls his hairdresser and patient, Dominique. Pierre Gilet, hospitalized on March 22 in Mulhouse, died on April 8. He had proudly shown his trombine to Dominique during their last meeting. The evening of the announcement of the national confinement, the mayor Paul Mumbach had called upon him to recognize a death in the commune. “An old man had just thrown himself into the canal after learning that he was infected. When w...

9Apr

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Italy, Medics, Profiles

Emilio Brignole, Surgeon

Emilio Brignole – a surgeon in Italy – passed away on 9 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Source: Fnomceo Please help us in adding details.

Roy Coleman, Emergency Medical Technician

8Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Roy Coleman, Emergency Medical Technician

Roy Coleman – an Emergency Medical Technician in Shreveport, Louisiana – passed away on 7 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Roy was 64 years old. “I extend my deepest condolences to the families of Roy Coleman and Vianna Thompson. Their avoidable and untimely deaths highlight the risks facing frontline health care providers and other mission-critical workers every day — and the scandalous lack of action to keep these workers safe,” AFGE National President Everett Kelley said in the statement. AFGE filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week, criticizing the VA for failing to protect staff. The union claimed the VA created an unsafe working environment by not providing enough personal protective equip...

8Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Mary Virginia Howell Christopher, Nurse

Mary Virginia Howell Christopher – a Registered Nurse in Army Nurse during World War II, New Orleans, Louisiana – passed away on 6 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Mary was 97 years old. Mary Virginia was born in Talladega, Alabama on May 24, 1922 and was the descendant of some of the first early 19th century settlers in Talladega County. Upon graduation from High School, she traveled to New Orleans to attend the Mather School of Nursing at Baptist Hospital from 1940 to 1943. After becoming a Registered Nurse, she enlisted in the military in January 1944 and was deployed in 1945 to the European Theater, serving as part of the 134th Evacuation Hospital, which replaced the 51st Field Hospital, where she was ultimately promoted to 1st Lieutenant, Chief Nurse, and participated in the Rhineland ...

8Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Leilani Dayrit, Nurse

Leilani Dayrit – a Nurse in Rugby, England – passed away on 7 April 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Dayrit was 47 years old. Her daughter Mary Dayrit described her as 'selfless until the very end', putting others' wellbeing before her own Source: Mirror Please help us in adding details.

8Apr

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Italy, Medics, Profiles

Giunio Matarazzo, Dentist

Giunio Matarazzo – a Dentist in Italy – passed away on 7 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Source: Fnomceo Please help us in adding details.

8Apr

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Indonesia, Medics, Profiles

Adharul Anam, Nurse

Adharul Anam – a Nurse in Jakarta, Indonesia – passed away due to COVID-19. The death of 25 years old Adharul was announced on April 8. 2020. Source: Instagram Please help us in adding details.

8Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Aleyamma John, Registered Nurse

Aleyamma John – a Registered Nurse at NYC Health+Hospitals/Queens Hospital Center, New York City – passed away on 7 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. John was 65 years old. She began her career at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, before moving on to the NYC Health + Hospitals system in 2003. Source: NEW YORK STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION Please help us in adding details.

7Apr

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India, Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Brahm Kanchibhotla, journalist

Brahmanandam "Brahm" Kanchibhotla ‑ an Indian-American journalist known for his extensive writings on the development of the Telugu community in the USA – died of coronavirus on 6 April 2020. He was a writer for India Abroad, News-India Times, United News of India, and The Indian Panorama, among others. Brahm Kanchibhotla was born in Edubadu village of Parchur Mandal in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. In 1992, Kanchibhotla came to the United States working as Business Editor for the News-India Times, handling front-page articles while also reporting on financial news. He later moved to India Weekly USA followed by The Urban Indian, both New York-based publications for the South Asian commmunity. His work as a writer involved work on tiger conservation, restaurant worker...

7Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Ukraine, United States

Stephen Sulyk, archbishop

Stephen Sulyk ‑ a Ukrainian-American hierarch who was an archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ‑ died on April 6, 2020 due to complications brought on by COVID-19. He was born in Ukrainian village Balnica, Poland. On March 1, 1981, Sulyk was appointed Archbishop of Philadelphia. On February 27, 2001 he was succeeded by Stefan Soroka as Archbishop of Philadelphia. On April 5, 2020 he was taken to hospital due to COVID-19 where he died at the age of 95.