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Janine Meritet, Patient Care Assistant
1Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Janine Meritet, Patient Care Assistant

Janine Meritet – a Patient Care Assistant in Smithtown, New York – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Janine was 59 years old. Janine Meritet was born in West Islip, on July 28, 1960, into a blended family, with a brother from her mother’s previous marriage, a brother and sister from her father’s previous marriage, and a sister who had both the same parents. Her mother died when she was in middle school, and she was raised by her widower father. She attended West Islip High School and became a nurse’s aide in the 1980s. Source: Newsday Please help us in adding details.
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Idalgo Moura dos Santos, Nurse
1Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Idalgo Moura dos Santos, Nurse

Idalgo Moura dos Santos – a Nurse at Hospital Municipal do Tatuapé, São Paulo, Brazil (presumed) – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Idalgo was 45 years old. The Paraiban nurse Idalgo Moura, 45, who worked on the line to combat covid-19 at the Municipal Hospital of Tatuapé, in São Paulo, died on Tuesday night (March 31), possibly after contracting the disease. According to his sister, journalist Mafalda Moura, Idalgo took chloroquine, a drug that has been suggested as a possible treatment for the disease caused by the new coronavirus, but has not resisted. The lung stopped responding, as did the kidney, which stopped. Mafalda said that doctors tried hemodialysis, but it was not possible, as Idalgo was v...
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Nicanor Baltazar, Nurse
1Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Nicanor Baltazar, Nurse

Nicanor Baltazar – a Registered Nurse in Flushing, New York – passed away on 31 March, 2020, due to COVID-19. Nicanor was 60 years old. Nicanor “Nick” Baltazar, a registered nurse from Long Island Care Center in Flushing, NY, passed away from COVID-19 on March 31, 2020. He dedicated 40 years of his life to nursing, 30 of those here in America. He worked in Long Island Care Center for 15 years, and this year would have been his 5th year as the Director of Nursing. Source: New York State Nurse Association Please help us in adding details.
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Marcellano Cruz, Dermatology
1Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Marcellano Cruz, Dermatology

Marcellano Cruz – a Dermatology at East Avenue Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Cruz was 73 years old. According to the Philippine Society of Venereology, Dr. Cruz led the rebirth of the society and was considered to be the Father of Philippine Veneorology. Dr. Roy Salcedo paid tribute to “a fallen colleague, loved, friendly and respected of the Department of Internal Medicine – Dermatology, World Citi Medical Center, Quezon City.” Dr. Gilbert Yang, one of his colleagues at the Philippine Dermatological Society, remembered him as “a colleague, mentor and friend to all.” Source: Manila Today Please help us in adding details.
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Lemencia Cuadra, Nurse
1Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Ecuador, Medics, Profiles

Lemencia Cuadra, Nurse

Lemencia Cuadra – a Nurse at Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on April 1, 2020. Source: Twitter Please help us in adding details.
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Janette Dancel-Liban, Physician
1Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Janette Dancel-Liban, Physician

Janette Dancel-Liban – a Physician at FEU-NRMF Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines – passed away on 31 March 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Dr. Janette Dancel-Liban, connected with the FEU-NRMF Medical Center and the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, was the latest casualty. A friend who knew her posted on Facebook. “She was attending to a number of COVID-19 patients until she too was confined and brought to the ICU last Saturday. She passed away this evening. She’s our hero. An active Methodist, we will miss her,” the post by Lenora May Ancla-Abag on the Bangon Batangas FB forum read. This was confirmed by other doctors who knew her and posted their reactions upon hearing the news. Source: Manila Standard Please help us ...
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Lydie Difoukidi, caregiver
1Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
France, Medics, Profiles

Lydie Difoukidi, caregiver

LydieDifoukidi – a caregiver in nursing home at Mée-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne), France – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 1 April 2020. Lydie was 51 years old. Source: Medscape Please help us in adding details.
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