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4May

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Dr Simon Hercules, Chennai

Dr Simon Hercules, Managing Director, New Hope Hospital, Chennai Dr Simon Hercules, the Managing Director of New Hope Hospital in Chennai had passed away on Sunday, after contracting COVID-19 in early April. The neurosurgeon was on duty when he himself succumbed to the dreaded coronavirus. When his body was brought to the Velangadu cemetery in Ayanavaram, his family and friends had to face violence from the residents.

19Apr

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Medics, Profiles, United Kingdom

Simon Guest, Radiographer

Simon Guest – a Radiographer at Furness General Hospital, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England – passed away after suffering from Covid-19. It was reported on 19 April, 2020. Source: BBC Please help us in adding details.

12Apr

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Simon Barrington-Ward, bishop

Simon Barrington-Ward, a bishop in the Church of England, died on 11 April 2020 after suffering from coronavirus. He was 89. Barrington-Ward was the son of Robert Barrington-Ward, who served as editor of The Times, and Margaret Adele Barrington-Ward. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, from which he graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA), and Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab.). After service as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force, he taught at theological colleges before being ordained: he was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1956 (30 September), by Gordon Walsh, Assistant Bishop of Ely, at Ely Cathedral and ordained priest the following year. He was the General Secretary of Church Missionary Society (CMS), from 1975 to 1985. From 1985 to 1997, he served...