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Couple dies from Covid-19 within 4 days of each other
26Jun By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Neighbors, Profiles, Sad But True

Couple dies from Covid-19 within 4 days of each other

A Thane couple succumbed to Covid-19 within four days of each other. Shabana Banu (43) died on June 26, four days after her husband Usman Badshah Shaikh’s death in Kalsekar hospital in Kausa. Their family claims when they refused to take away her body suspecting medical negligence, the hospital offered them Rs 5,000. The couple suffered from low oxygen saturation levels. The hospital has been facing issues with regular oxygen supply since several days. On Monday, it was forced to cut down bed strength from 126 to 70 to compensate for lack of oxygen. Most Covid-19 patients require high pressure oxygen support. The couple’s 17-year-old son, who was in Pune since the lockdown began in March, returned after his father’s death on June 22. “He has gone silent....
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The New York Times’ tribute to US victims of Covid-19
24May By Web TeamNo Comments
News, Profiles, United States

The New York Times’ tribute to US victims of Covid-19

As the Covid-19 death toll nears 100,000 victims in the United States, The New York Times listed 1,000 people’s names on its front page in May 24 edition. The newspaper’s first two pages display a sprawling list of obituaries that represent only 1% of the nearly 100,000 deaths. The entries list victims’ names, ages, where they were from and sometimes their job, a hobby they enjoyed or a fact about them. “Numbers alone cannot possibly measure the impact of the coronavirus on America, whether it is the numbers of patients treated, jobs interrupted or lives cut short. As the country nears a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths attributed to the virus, The New York Times scoured obituaries and death notices of the victims. The 1,000 people here reflect just 1 percent of of the...
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Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma, aristocrat
8May By Web Team1 Comment
France, High Profilers, Profiles, Spain

Princess Diana of Bourbon-Parma, aristocrat

Princess Diana Margherita of Bourbon-Parma ‑ a French aristocrat and member of the House of Bourbon-Parma, a cadet branch of the Spanish royal family – died of Covid-19 on 7 May 2020. She was the second royal to have reportedly died from COVID-19. Princess Diana was born in Paris on 22 May 1932 to Prince Gaetano of Bourbon-Parma, the youngest child of Robert I, Duke of Parma and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, and Princess Margarete von Thurn und Taxis, the youngest child of Prince Alessandro, 1st Duke of Castel Duino and Princess Marie de Ligne. On 15 March 1955 she married Prince Franz Josef Hubertus Maria Meinrad Michael of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, son of Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, in a civil ceremony London. They later had a Catholic ceremony on 16 A...
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Medic dies of Covid-19, mob tries to stop burial
21Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
India, Profiles, Sad But True

Medic dies of Covid-19, mob tries to stop burial

Dr Simon Hercules died on April 20 On April 20, Dr Simon Hercules, a neurosurgeon who was treating coronavirus patients in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, died after contracting the disease. Far from getting a proper burial, his family and friends were beaten up while trying to do so. Dr Hercules' friends and family were attacked on Sunday night when they took his body to a burial ground in Chennai (formerly Madras). One of his friends had to quietly bury him in the early hours of Monday without any family members present. He said the neurosurgeon "didn't deserve this end". "He was not shown even basic humanity. Even his wife and son couldn't be there to say goodbye," Dr Pradeep told the News Minute website. Local media reported that a mob of about 20 people attacked ...
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James Gordon, House of Lords member
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, United Kingdom

James Gordon, House of Lords member

James Stuart Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane ‑ a Scottish business executive and member of the House of Lords – died of coronavirus on 31 March 2020.   A kinsman of the Marquess of Huntly, he was the son of James Gordon and Elsie née Riach.   Gordon was educated at the St Aloysius' College, Glasgow and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in Classics in 1958.   Gordon worked as a political editor for STV between 1965 and 1973, and as managing director of Radio Clyde between 1973 and 1996.   For Scottish Radio Holdings, Gordon was the Chief Executive from 1991 to 1996 and Chairman from 1996 to 2005; he was also Vice-Chairman of Melody Radio from 1991 to 1997, a director of Clydeport Holdings ...
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