Beena

The first nurse in Ireland to tragically lose her life to coronavirus has been named as Beena George – a heroic frontline worker who contracted the Covid-19 bug while also suffering from cancer. The 58-year-old had worked as a nurse for ten years at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and sadly died from the horrible virus on Sunday morning. It is believed Beena contracted the virus in March when she first had pneumonia while undergoing treatment for stage-4 cancer. She was immediately admitted to Drogheda hospital last month to battle the pneumonia which she fought for 17 days and was tested for coronavirus which came back negative. She recovered from the pneumonia and was discharged but after spending two days at home, she developed a fever and shortness of breath a...

Dr Israel Bactol, a promising 34-year-old Cardiology Fellow working at the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), lost his fight against Covid-19, on March 21. “I’ve been around many physicians. Everybody’s brilliant. But, every now and then, you come across a person who just separates himself from the crowd. That’s El,” Dr Tom-Louie Acosta told Rappler in an interview. Acosta, an internist, is Bactol’s close friend and co-trainee from his 3-year residency at Premiere Medical Center in Cabanatuan City. “You can’t help but gravitate towards him because he was such a beautiful person, on top of being a brilliant physician,” he added. Bactol’s memory is etched in the hearts of his family, friends, fellow physcians, hospital colleagues, and patients coming from underserved communities. Bactol...

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Beena George, Ireland

Dr. Israel Bactol, Cardiologist