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4May

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Dr. Frank Gabrin, United States

Dr. Frank Gabrin, 60, Emergency Medicine Physician, New York City Dr. Frank Gabrin, 60, an emergency room doctor who treated patients with symptoms of the virus, died after showing similar symptoms while attempting to recover at home. He reportedly used the same surgical mask for a week due to equipment shortages before he died, according to his friend quoted in the New York Post. While he wasn't tested for the virus, he was the first emergency physician to die of COVD-19 virus complications, the American College of Emergency Physicians confirmed in a statement. Gabin was a two-time cancer survivor who worked at New Jersey's East Orange General Hospital as well as another hospital in Long Island and at St John's Hospital in the New York City borough of Queens. "He was an am...

Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok, United States

4May

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Capt. Douglas Linn Hickok, United States

Capt Douglas Linn Hickok, 57, New Jersey Army National Guard soldier Captain Douglas Linn Hickok, 57, a New Jersey Army National Guard soldier died after contracting coronavirus and being hospitalised on March 21. New Jersey Governor. Phil Murphy condoled the death of the drilling Guardsman and physician assistant. Hickok was the first service member to die after testing positive for COVID-19. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said it was "a sad day for the Department of Defense as we have lost our first American service member — active, reserve or Guard — to coronavirus. “This is a stinging loss for our military community, and our condolences go out to his family, friends, civilian co-workers and the entire National Guard community," Esper added. "The news of this loss stren...

4May

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Dr. Doug Bass, United States

Dr. Doug Bass, Medical director, Phoenix House, New York As the coronavirus bore down on New York, Dr. Doug Bass’ family begged him to work from home. He refused, pointing to his patients at Phoenix House, a drug and alcohol treatment center where he served as medical director. “He said he was on the front lines and they needed him,” his brother, Jonathan Bass, told The Associated Press. “Too many people relied on him.” Bass, 64, died on March 28 after suffering symptoms commonly caused by coronavirus, including coughing, a fever and severe stomach cramping. That made him possibly the first physician still treating patients in New York City to die from the disease caused by the coronavirus. Except he wasn’t counted. It happened so quickly he was never tested for Covid-19, b...

4May

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Araceli Buendia Ilagan, United States

Miami intensive care unit nurse Araceli Buendia Ilagan, 63, passed away to complications of the virus. Ilagan was an integral part of the Jackson Memorial hospital who mentored and trained other nurses and worked for Miami-Dade’s public hospital system since the 1980’s. 'Our Jackson Health System family is mourning the death of longtime Jackson nurse Araceli Buendia Ilagan, who recently died from complications of COVID-19,' the hospital said in a statement. 'Araceli dedicated nearly 33 years of her life treating some of our most critically ill patients.' Ilagan worked her last shift at Jackson Memorial’s ICU. She was also the second Jackson Health nurse to test positive for the virus in March. “As we battle this global public health crisis, caregivers throughout the ...

4May

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Ali Dennis Guillermo, United States

Ali Dennis Guillermo, a nurse at Long Island Community Hospital, died on April 7 after contracting Covid-19. He was hailed as a selfless father and compassionate health care provider. Guillermo, 44, of East Patchogue, came to Long Island from the Philippines in 2004 to provide a better upbringing for his family, wife Romielyn said. She said the hospital in East Patchogue was recruiting nurses from their country at the time. “In the Philippines, the big dream is to come to the U.S.,” Romielyn said in a telephone interview. “That’s how we could help our family, especially financially.” Guillermo, the second known nurse on Long Island to have died amid the Covid-19 pandemic, met his wife at nursing school in the Philippines and quickly made his mark among his new health care col...

4May

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Dr Alex Hsu, United States

Dr. Alex Hsu, 67, a Broward County doctor who served the community for close to 40 years died of the new coronavirus. Officials haven’t said whether Hsu’s case stemmed from him traveling abroad or whether it was work-related. It also was not clear when he became ill. “It’s so sad,” said a receptionist who answered the phone at Hsu’s practice. Hsu was in private practice though until 2017 had been associated Northwest Medical Center in Margate. His death was the region’s first for a case where a medical provider has died from the disease. A daughter who answered the family’s phone was too distraught to talk. “I really need to be with my family.” Hsu’s patients were notified by phone of his passing, said a patient who asked not to be identified. She described Hsu...

Fernando Sandoval, Olympic water polo player

2May

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Fernando Sandoval, Olympic water polo player

Fernando Sandoval a Brazilian water polo player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics died on May 1, 2020, after suffering from coronavirus in São Paulo. He was 78. Fernando Sandoval was born in the capital of São Paulo, on November 18, 1942. He began his career in swimming pools before moving to water polo, a sport that won him over, at the age of 16. In 1967, at the age of 25, he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. A year later, Fernando Sandoval had the honor of being part of the Brazil team that finished 13th in the Olympic Games in Mexico.

2May

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France, Noteworthy, Profiles

Jean-Marc Manducher, sports executive

Jean-Marc Manducher a French businessperson and sports executive died on 30 April 2020 in Bourg-en-Bresse at the age of 71 due to COVID-19. Hospitalized in March 2020, Manducher was placed on a ventilator. He was President of Oyonnax Rugby from 1995 to 2015, and then was Vice-President of the French National Rugby League. Manducher served as Managing Director of Ronax, an economics interest group in the plastics industry, from 1995 to 2012. He also became President of Oyonnax Rugby in 1995. The club won the Rugby Pro D2 Championship in 2013, earning them a promotion to the Top 14. At the start of 2015, Manducher suffered a heart attack, and stepped down from his position at Oyonnax Rugby. However, he would remain on the supervisory board. Manducher was a member of the dire...

Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist

1May

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Canada, Noteworthy, Profiles

Sylvie Vincent, anthropologist and ethnologist

Sylvie Vincent a Canadian anthropologist and ethnologist died of COVID-19 on 30 April 2020 at the age of 79. Vincent was editor-in-chief of the magazine Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, which she co-founded in the early 1970s. In 1972, she began working with the Innu writer Joséphine Bacon, who helped Vincent as an interpreter. During her various projects, Vincent worked with numerous First Nations tribes of Canada, such as the Cree, the Algonquins, and the Wyandots. Throughout her career, she collaborated with many well-known anthropologists, such as Bernard Arcand, Serge Bouchard, José Mailhot, and Rémi Savard. In 2009, Vincent received the Prix des Dix for her remarkable, personal contribution to the history of the First Nations of Quebec.

22Mar

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France, Profiles

Dr. Jean-Jacques Razafindranazy

Dr. Jean-Jacques Razafindranazy, 67, a retired Emergency Ward physician at CompiÃ¨gne hospital in France, was the first doctor to die from Covid-19 on March 21, 2020. At the end of February, the 67 year-old retired doctor Razafindranazy, came back to the emergency ward of CompiÃ¨gne hospital, 84 kilometres north of Paris, to give his colleagues a hand. L’Oise department was the epicentre of the coronvirus outbreak in France. The first patient, a 60 year-old teacher, was first hospitalised there. The man, who suffered from respiratory problems, and tested positive for the coronavirus, later died after being transferrred to a hospital in Paris. According to France Info, Dr Razafindranazy was hospitalised himself on 4 March in Lille, where he tested positive for Covid-19. His h...