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Tag: Nursing

Reagan Henry, certified nursing assistant
Medics, Profiles, United States

Reagan Henry, certified nursing assistant

Reagan Henry, a CNA at Deerfield Retirement Community, died on June 23 from COVID-19 at Mission Hospital. His funeral was on June 27 in Asheville. The 39-year-old was known as a gentle, kind, hard worker. Reagan was the first health care worker at a nursing home facility in Western North Carolina to die of COVID-19, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services, and one of only three nursing home caregivers in the state to die of the disease. Many of the large, tight-knit family members came from Micronesia to Asheville to work in the health care field. Citizen Times
Rosa Luna, Nursing Assistant
Medics, Profiles, United States

Rosa Luna, Nursing Assistant

Rosa Luna – a Nursing Assistant at Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, California – passed away on 8 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Luna was 67 years old. Coworkers said Luna kept working during the pandemic, even though she sometimes worried about the spread of the coronavirus. “Riverside Community Hospital is devastated by this loss. Rosa Luna was part of this hospital for the better part of 25 years and served as a Certified Nursing Assistant and more recently in our Environmental Services Department,” the hospital said in the statement. Source: Ktla 5 Please help us in adding details.
Daniele “Dani” Costa, Nursing Technician
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Daniele “Dani” Costa, Nursing Technician

Daniele "Dani" Costa – a Nursing Technician at Serviço de AtendimentoMóvel de Urgência (Samu) and Unidade de Pronto-Atendimento (UPA), Rio de Janeiro and Nova Iguaçu in Baixada Fluminense, Brazil – passed away on 27 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Daniele was 41 years old. She worked in the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) in Rio de Janeiro and in an Emergency Care Unit (UPA) in Nova Iguaçu, in Baixada Fluminense. In mid-April, she started with a dry cough and took time off work. Later, she had a high fever, severe tiredness and became a patient with suspected covid-19. Daniele had worked in the role for 18 years. "She was passionate about the profession and was always very concerned with others. Wo...
Valdirene Aparecida Ferreira dos Santos, Nursing technician
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Valdirene Aparecida Ferreira dos Santos, Nursing technician

Valdirene Aparecida Ferreira dos Santos – a Nursing technician at Hospital Marcelino Champagnat, Curitiba, Brazil – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 27 April, 2020. Valdirene was 40 years old. She attended the ICU of Hospital Marcelino Champagnat and took care of a patient with Covid-19. Rita Franz, president of Apenf, says that Valdirene's death is overwhelming for the category. “Each number for us has a face, name, family. We are at the forefront in fighting a virus that we know little about ”, he reports. Source: Paranaportal Please help us in adding details.