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Dr Simon Hercules, Managing Director, New Hope Hospital, Chennai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3,48,7019],"tags":[5953,686,5952,5951],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Simon-Hercules1.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11530,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11530","url_meta":{"origin":609,"position":0},"title":"Simon Hercules, Doctor","date":"July 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The body of neurosurgeon Simon Hercules was exhumed from the Velangadu burial ground and reburied in Kilpauk on Sunday after a prolonged legal battle. 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