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Tag: Medical

Dr Arun Sharma, senior medical officer
31Aug By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

Dr Arun Sharma, senior medical officer

Dr Arun Sharma, the senior medical officer (SMO) of India’s Amritsar Civil Hospital, died on August 30, 2020, at a private hospital from Covid-19 and underlying comorbidities. The 54-year-old doctor tested positive on August 18. “Besides Covid-19, Dr Arun Sharma was suffering from heart ailments. Also, the virus had attacked his lungs. He was put on ventilator on Saturday but the doctors couldn’t save him despite best efforts. He passed away on Sunday morning”, said Dr Navdeep Singh, Amritsar civil surgeon. A viral video had shown Dr Sharma attempting to dance while sitting in bed at the hospital’s emergency ward with oxygen support attached. “We can fight the battle against Covid-19 only with bravery,” he had said. Dr Sharma, who...
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Yasir Naseem, medical officer
22Jun By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

Yasir Naseem, medical officer

Dr Yasir Naseem ‑ a senior medical officer in the cardiothoracic and vascular surgery (CTVS) department at Delhi’s Fortis Escorts Heart Institute – died of Covid-19-related complications on June 21, 2020. The 49-year-old doctor was employed at Delhi’s Fortis Escorts Heart Institute for around four years. The hospital has a Covid-19 ward, reported The Indian Express. A senior official at the hospital reportedly said, “He stopped coming to the hospital after June 3. Since the department wasn’t aware, someone got in touch with him and he said he was sick and won’t be coming in till he’s better. The hospital stayed in touch with him.” On June 17, Dr Naseem’s wife, also a doctor, rushed him to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, r...
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SP Gautam, medical officer
9Jun By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Medics, Profiles

SP Gautam, medical officer

SP Gautam, the chief medical superintendent of a district hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar, died of the coronavirus on June 9, 2020. The doctor passed away during his treatment at Lucknow-based SGPGI hospital. Source: India TV Please help us in adding details.    
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KerimKoca, Emergency Medical Technician
25May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Turkey

KerimKoca, Emergency Medical Technician

KerimKoca – an Emergency Medical Technician at Eldivan 112 AcilSevis Station, Cankiri, Turkey – passed away on 24 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Koca was 37 years old. Koca, who previously had a heart condition, could not overcome the treatment process with the corona virus, and that the virus passed away from heart failure by triggering the heart disease. Source: CANKARI POSTASI Please help us in adding details.
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Jeremy Emerich, Emergency Medical Technician
22May By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

Jeremy Emerich, Emergency Medical Technician

Jeremy Emerich – an Emergency Medical Technician/Firefighter at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania – passed away on 21 May, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Jeremy was 40 years old. He joined the Army when he was 17 years old to fight for his country, he was a sergeant with the Exeter Township Fire Department and a critical care EMT with Lehigh Valley Health Network. Melanie said her brother was healthy but had high blood pressure and allergies. “When he went into the hospital, he went in with a fever, and we thought he was going to be OK,” she said.  Dozens of emergency apparatus lined the roads in Berks and Lehigh counties as Emerich's body was escorted from the hospital to Bean Funeral Home in Sinking Spring. Lehi...
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Vincenza Amato, Medical officer
8May By Web TeamNo Comments
Italy, Medics, Profiles

Vincenza Amato, Medical officer

Vincenza Amato – a Medical Director responsible for UOS Hygiene at the Department of Hygiene and Health Prevention, Bergamo, Italy – passed away due to COVID-19. He was 65 years old. Source: Fnoceo Please help us in adding details.
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Lorna Breen, Emergency Department Medical Director
27Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, United States

Lorna Breen, Emergency Department Medical Director

Lorna Breen – an Emergency Department Medical Director at  NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, New York City (suicide) – passed away on 26 April 2020 due to COVID-19. Lorna was 49 years old. Dr. Lorna M. Breen, the medical director of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, died in Charlottesville, Va., where she was staying with family, her father said in an interview. Tyler Hawn, a spokesman for the Charlottesville Police Department, said in an email that officers on Sunday responded to a call seeking medical assistance. “The victim was taken to U.V.A. Hospital for treatment, but later succumbed to self-inflicted injuries,” Mr. Hawn said. Dr. Breen’s father, Dr. Philip C. Breen, said she had described devastating scenes of the toll the coronavirus took ...
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John Mondello, Emergency Medical Technician
26Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, United States

John Mondello, Emergency Medical Technician

John Mondello – an Emergency Medical Technician at Tactical Response Group, New York City (suicide) – passed away after suffering from COVID-19.It was reported on 26 April 2020. John was 23 years old. John Mondello was found dead from a gunshot wound discharged from a weapon registered to his retired NYPD father, in Queens on Friday. Mondello was found after a passerby spotted the body just after 6.45pm on rocks along a river wall on Shore Boulevard in Astoria. Source: Mail Online Please help us in adding details.
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Aurelio Capilla, Medical Director
20Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Medics, Profiles, Spain

Aurelio Capilla, Medical Director

Aurelio Capilla - a Medical Director at Hospital Beata María Ana, Madrid, Spain – passed away on 19 April 2020 due to COVID-19. "Man very appreciated and admired in his profession, and also very loved and respected among his colleagues at Hospital Beata María Ana, with whom he shared the day-to-day of his activity, he also owed the imposition of numerous measures that have resulted in the constant improvement of the care services of the center ", the center has broken down. Finally, the hospital has highlighted "his enormous medical vocation, also anchored in deep spiritual and human values that led him to always help those in need and dedicate himself body and soul to his work." Source: Redaccion Medica Please help us in adding details.
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