Cardiologist

30Aug

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India, Medics, Profiles

Dr Sivaramakrishna Iyer, cardiologist

Dr Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati, a pioneering cardiologist who had established the country’s first cardiac care unit at Delhi’s Govind Ballabh Pant hospital, died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the night on August 29, 2020. She was 103. Born in Myanmar, she fled to India after the Japanese invasion during World War II and became the country’s first woman cardiologist. She was diagnosed with Covid-19 11 days ago and was admitted to the National Heart Institute (NHI), which she had founded in 1981. “Although on oxygen, she was fairly stable till Saturday morning when there was an acute drop in the oxygen saturation. She had to be put on a ventilator and passed away at night. Even though her body had given up on her – she was wheelchair bound for the last five years – she was ...

Lourdes Esther Cruz Martínez, Cardiologist

19May

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Medics, Mexico, Profiles

Lourdes Esther Cruz Martínez, Cardiologist

Lourdes Esther Cruz Martínez – a Cardiologist at ISSSTE Hospital Regional Presidente Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 19 May 2020. The Oaxaca Health Secretary reported that cardiologist Lourdes Esther Cruz Martínez, attached to the ISSSTE Presidente Juárez Regional Hospital, died of covid-19. The head of the ISSSTE office in Oaxaca, Eduardo Arredondo Carrasco, reported that the specialist received care in a specialized area and had complications in her clinical transfer. Source: Tele Diario Please help us in adding details.

8May

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Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Dr Raul Diaz Jara, Cardiologist

Dr. Raul Jara, acknowledged as a pillar of cardiology in the Philippines, was also described by the Philippine Heart Association as a “father, teacher, mentor, poet, author, singer, colleague, friend.” He is remembered by patients as a soothing and calming healer who used music to heal the heart. In his younger days as an activist physician, he fought the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and risked his life by treating patients in the underground movement, running rings around the military by faking the names and records of the activists he treated. Later in life, he would remain steadfast and true to his oath, joining a group of doctors attending to an aging martial law figure who had been on the opposite end of the ideological spectrum. In a statement, Dr. Ling Jara-Salva, one of Dr. Jara...

28Apr

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Medics, Philippines, Profiles

Roberto V. Anastacio, Cardiologist

Roberto V. Anastacio – a Cardiologist in Makati, Philippines – passed away due to COVID-19. He was 79 years old. “We remember and mourn a colleague, Dr. Roberto Anastacio, who once chaired the Cardiac Graphics Section of the Philippine Heart Center before eventually moving to the University of Sto. Tomas as member of the faculty and consultant of the same university as well as of Makati Medical Center. He too fell prey to this dreadful COVID virus while in confinement at MMC. We weep with the family as we entrust his soul to our Lord, the Almighty,” said the Executive of the University. Source: Philippine Heart Center Please help us in adding details.

28Apr

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Evandro Bezerra Cintra, Cardiologist

Evandro Bezerra Cintra – a Cardiologist in Brazil – passed away due to COVID-19. Evandro was 53 years old. Source: Medscape Please help us in adding details.

24Apr

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Egypt, Medics, Profiles

Dr Ashraf Adly, cardiologist

Dr Ashraf Adly -- a cardiologist, Head of CCU at Qena General Hospital, Qena, Egypt -- died due to COVID-19 at the age of 60. Egypt’s Medical professions syndicate announced on April 24 that Dr. Ashraf Adly, the head Cardiologist in Qena General hospital passed away due to Coronavirus complications. Late Dr. Ashraf is the fourth physician in Egypt to die because of Coronavirus. Dr. Adly is survived by a wife, a son and two daughters. Source: 24 Live Blog Please help us in adding details.

23Apr

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Medics, Profiles, Russia

Nikolay Goncharov, Cardiologist

Nikolay Goncharov – a Cardiologist at Medical Center of Goncharovs' Family, Moscow, Russia – passed away on 22 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Nikolay was 57 years old. Nikolai Goncharov was a leading researcher in the group of clinical pathology of cerebral circulation at the Research Institute of Neurosurgery. N.N. Burdenko RAMS. “We created the principles of cardiac neurology with him,” writes Viktor Shakhnovich, a leading researcher in the Clinical Pathology Clinical Pathology Group at the Institute of Neurosurgery named after Academician N.N. Burdenko RAMS, head of the Center for Neurology. Source: MKRU Please help us in adding details.

21Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Muhanad Noward Eltayib, Cardiologist

Muhanad Noward Eltayib – a Cardiologist at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Muhanad was 36 years old. Muhanad Noward Eltayib worked as a registrar at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Northern Ireland and had been self isolating with flu-like symptoms before his death, says a doctor who knew him. It is understood the 36-year-old's dad raised the alarm with a friend of Muhanad's after being unable to reach the "vibrant and full of life" young doctor over the weekend. Source: Irish Mirror Please help us in adding details.

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.

4Apr

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Italy, Medics, Profiles

Giovanni Delnevo, Cardiologist

Giovanni Delnevo – a Cardiologist in Italy – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 3 April, 2020. Delnevo was 72 years old. He had recently retired. He graduated in Parma, while he obtained his specialization in cardiology in Turin. He had been in charge of the Cardiology module of the Santa Maria hospital. He was a well known and appreciated figure, not only in Borgotaro, but also in the valley and Parma. Professionally, he was very prepared and updated. Until a month ago, his clinic in via Nervesa was very popular. In the Valtarian capital they remember him for having made innovations, especially in the field of cardiac rehabilitation. Source: Gazzetta Di Parma Please help us in adding details.