{"id":1219,"date":"2020-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2020-06-15T15:07:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T09:37:46","slug":"dr-leo-dela-cruz-physician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1219","title":{"rendered":"Dr Leo Dela Cruz, Physician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A CarePoint Health physician who worked at Christ Hospital has died on April 8 from complications of the coronavirus, hospital officials said.\n<\/p>\n

Dr Leo Dela Cruz died at Holy Name Hospital on April 8 morning, CarePoint Health spokesman Eric Bloom said.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is with a great deal of sadness and heavy heart that we share with you the news of the passing of our beloved attending physician, Dr. Leo DeLaCruz,\u201d Dr. Tucker Woods and Marie Duffy said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you met Dr. Dela Cruz, you would never forget him because of his kind, gentle and fun personality,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cHe was a good person, a sweet man that was loved by everyone in the hospital.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a great psychiatrist for the patients in our community and also a great friend and adviser for our own staff. If anyone was going through a rough period, he was there to help.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Bloom said Dela Cruz did not treat coronavirus patients before he fell ill.\n<\/p>\n

In tributes on social media, friends and colleagues said Dela Cruz earned a \u201ctop doctor\u201d award three years in a row.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is one of the best friend you could ever have with gentle soul full of life and love to everyone,\u201d One friend said. \u201cVoted as one of the best doctors in New Jersey three years in a row!\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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The Jersey Journal<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A CarePoint Health physician who worked at Christ Hospital has died on April 8 from complications of the coronavirus, hospital officials said. Dr Leo Dela Cruz died at Holy Name Hospital on April 8 morning, CarePoint Health spokesman Eric Bloom said. \u201cIt is with a great deal of sadness and heavy heart that we share […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[48,15],"tags":[420,186,6496,686,5583,5581,145],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Leo_Dela_Cruz.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1011,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1011","url_meta":{"origin":1219,"position":0},"title":"Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro, physician and dermatologist","date":"April 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro died on April 6 Dr Abdul Qadir Soomro, an eminent physician and dermatologist, died of COVID-19 in isolation while under treatment at Indus Hospital in Karachi on April 6, reported Gulf News. 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