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Dr. Samar Sinjab
10Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Medics, Profiles

Dr. Samar Sinjab

The 100th doctor to die on Italy’s front lines as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus epidemic was Samar Sinjab, a 62-year-old Syrian woman who was born in Damascus and lived in Italy’s northeast Veneto region since 1994. She contracted the virus from a patient in the early stages of the pandemic and died after spending two weeks in an intensive care unit. She died on April 9, 2020. She worked until her last days. The last WhatsApp message she sent was to one of her patients, according to the Corriere della Sera newspaper. Al Jazeera
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Dr Leo Dela Cruz, Physician
9Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, United States

Dr Leo Dela Cruz, Physician

A CarePoint Health physician who worked at Christ Hospital has died on April 8 from complications of the coronavirus, hospital officials said. Dr Leo Dela Cruz died at Holy Name Hospital on April 8 morning, CarePoint Health spokesman Eric Bloom said. “It is with a great deal of sadness and heavy heart that we share with you the news of the passing of our beloved attending physician, Dr. Leo DeLaCruz,” Dr. Tucker Woods and Marie Duffy said in a statement. “Once you met Dr. Dela Cruz, you would never forget him because of his kind, gentle and fun personality,” the statement continued. “He was a good person, a sweet man that was loved by everyone in the hospital. “He was a great psychiatrist for the patients in our community and also a great friend and adviser for our own staff. If an...
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Dr Syed Zeeshan Haider, General Practitioner
8Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Pakistan, Profiles, United Kingdom

Dr Syed Zeeshan Haider, General Practitioner

Dr Syed Zeeshan Haider passed away in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2020 from Covid-19. Dr. Haider, a British Pakistani, had been a General Practitioner for more than 50 years. Dr Haider passed away after fighting the deadly coronavirus at the Queen’s Hospital. Dr Haider, who was in his 80s and lived in Dagenham, Essex is the second Pakistani origin doctor to lay down his life against the deadly Covid-19. Previously, Dr Habib Zaidi, an elderly doctor from Southend was the first doctor in all of the UK to succumb to the viral disease. After developing symptoms of the virus, Dr Haider was shifted to the hospital where he stayed for one week but he was unable to recover from the damage caused by the coronavirus. Dr Haider’s son, Dr Kumail spoke to Geo and The News and confirmed the pas...
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Dr. Hanifullah Hanif
7Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Afghanistan, Profiles

Dr. Hanifullah Hanif

Dr. Hanifullah Hanif, an Internal Medicine physician at the Amiri Medical Complex in Kabul, Afghanistan became the first health care professional in the country to die from Covid19 in April 6, 2020. “With deep regrets, we declare the death of Dr. Hanifullah Hanif, specialist physician internal medicine at the Amiri Medical Complex due to the Coronavirus,” the private Amiri hospital said in a statement. Former President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep sympathies over his death. “With regrets, I learned that Dr. Hanifullah Hanif one of our experienced and intelligent cadres passed away,” Karzai said in a message. He said that late Hanif was bravely serving at the front line of fight against the coronavirus and lost his life in this way. Karzai called Hanif’s death a trage...
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Dr Naek L. Tobing, physician, sexologist and author
7Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Indonesia, Medics, Noteworthy, Profiles

Dr Naek L. Tobing, physician, sexologist and author

Dr Naek Lumban Tobing  - an Indonesian physician, sexologist and author. He wrote Problems and Solutions (1994) and Premarital Sex, Extramarital Sex, and Building Marital Harmony ‑ died on April 6, 2020 age 79 due to COVID-19. Often appearing to fill sexology rubrics in various national magazines and newspapers. In addition, he was often invited as a speaker in a health rubric program related to sexology issues at various television and radio stations throughout Indonesia. He was born on Samosir Island, Tapanuli.  He earned a medical degree from The University of North Sumatra in 1966, and psychiatrist degree from The University of Indonesia in 1976. He also earned certified sex educator from The University of Minnesota in 1983. He died at the Pertamina Central ...
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Dr. James Wilson, Physician
7Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Profiles, United States

Dr. James Wilson, Physician

Dr. James Wilson, 93, one of the first Dominican Republic-born doctors to open a practice in the United States after immigrating fifty years ago, died on April 6, 2020 from Covid-19. Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday that Dr. James Wilson died Monday night due to complications from the virus. Wilson was a Bergen County resident for the past 50 years who came to the United States from the Dominican Republic. “In the 1960s, he became one of the very first Dominican physicians to open a clinic in the United States in New York City’s Washington Heights where he tended to patients for more than 40 years,” Murphy said. Wilson leaves behind his wife of 54 years, Nilda, and six children, according to Murphy. “We send our condolences to anybody who knew him,” Murphy said, adding: “W...
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Dr. Jacob Zeiger Slepian, ENT
7Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Profiles, Sweden, United States

Dr. Jacob Zeiger Slepian, ENT

Jacob Zeiger Slepian, 6/9/38-4/7/20, died from complications of Covid-19. Devoted son of the late Philip and Violet (Zeiger) Slepian, beloved husband of the late Carole (Gallancy) Slepian, loving father of Danielle Slepian (Bonnie Rosenbaum) of Jamaica Plain, MA and Beth Slepian (Ellen Finney) of Brooklyn, NY, cherished grandfather of Sylvie Rosenbaum and Guthrie Finney. Dear brother of Serena (Slepian) Robb and the late Paul Slepian and Barnett Slepian. Son-in-law of the late Daniel and Adeline Gallancy. Brother-in-law of Florence Slepian, Lynne Slepian and Arthur Gallancy, as well as of the late John Douglas Robb and Jack Ritenhouse. Uncle to Laura Slepian, Jean Slepian, Amanda Robb and husband Andrew Chesler, Jonna AuCoin and husband David, Daniel Gallancy and wife Shawna, Andrew ...
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Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro, physician and dermatologist
6Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Pakistan, Profiles

Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro, physician and dermatologist

Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro died on April 6 Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro, an eminent physician and dermatologist, died of COVID-19 in isolation while under treatment at Indus Hospital in Karachi on April 6, reported Gulf News. Dr Soomro who contracted the COVID-19 virus was hailed as a hero by the community as he lost his life while treating people suffering from pandemic, GN's Ashfaq Ahmed pointed out. Dr Soomro worked as medical superintendent of the Alkhidmat Hospital in Tharparkar — a remote area in Sindh province. Dr Soomro contracted the virus while treating his patients in the Gulshan-e-Hadeed locality of the city, and when his condition deteriorated, he approached the Indus Hospital Karachi where he tested positive for the viral ailment and was admitted to the isolation ward. At...
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Dr Xavier Dor, embryologist
5Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
France, Medics, Profiles

Dr Xavier Dor, embryologist

Dr Xavier Dor ‑ a French embryologist, well known for his activism against abortions – died on 4 April 2020 from Covid-19. Dor was born into a wealthy, Catholic family. His father was the director of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. He had four children with his wife, Françoise Dugé de Bernonville, daughter of Jacques de Bernonville. Dor was a doctor specializing in embryology and practiced at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. He was also a researcher in cardiac embryology at Inserm and a lecturer at Pierre and Marie Curie University. Dor died on 4 April 2020 in Paris from COVID-19 at age 91 during the pandemic. Dor was the founder and president of the SOS tout-petits association. He often led protests in front...
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