{"id":7037,"date":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=7037"},"modified":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=7037","title":{"rendered":"Gaily Catalla, Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":" <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/UK_flag.jfif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n <p><p>Gaily Catalla &ndash; a Nurse at Maidstone, Kent, England &ndash; passed away on 13 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Gaily was 64 years old.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Gaily Catalla lived in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/maidstone\/\"><strong>Maidstone<\/strong><\/a> after moving to the UK from the Philippines, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nursingnotes.co.uk\/covid-19-memorial\/\"><strong>Nursing Notes website<\/strong><\/a>. He was described as a &quot;fierce frontliner&quot; by the Our Lady of Fatima University in the Philippines, which he graduated from in 1981.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;In the face of the crisis, he continued to compassionately care for his patients,&quot; the tribute continues.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Amid the sorrow and pain, love also poured for the fallen hero. Family and dear friends shared on social media how special Gaily or &#39;Daddy Gil&#39; was to them&mdash; his absence will surely leave a huge void.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;A parental figure to many, he was remembered for his kindness, generosity, and wisdom.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A tribute has also been posted on Facebook by Julia Catalla, who says: &quot;Goodbye daddy Gaily, thank you so much for all the fun, laughter and all your help to all of us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/maidstone\/news\/kindhearted-and-caring-nurse-with-suspected-coronavirus-dies-225886\/\">Kent Online<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?page_id=303\" target=\"_blank\">Please help us in adding details.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/p><p><\/p>\n \n \n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaily Catalla &ndash; a Nurse at Maidstone, Kent, England &ndash; passed away on 13 April 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Gaily was 64 years old. Gaily Catalla lived in Maidstone after moving to the UK from the Philippines, according to the Nursing Notes website. He was described as a &quot;fierce frontliner&quot; by the Our Lady [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[48,7019,13],"tags":[6254,1051,114,5746,113,792,6710,7191,6709,246,6224,6434,6435],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/UK_flag.jfif","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3549,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3549","url_meta":{"origin":7037,"position":0},"title":"Bernardita Catalla, diplomat","date":"April 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Bernardita Leonido Catalla \u2011 a Filipina career diplomat who was last appointed as the Philippine ambassador to Lebanon \u2013 passed away after suffering from Covid-19\u00a0 on April 2, 2020. \u00a0 Prior to her posting in Lebanon, she was also assigned to Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia. \u00a0 \u00a0 Catalla was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profilers&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8130,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=8130","url_meta":{"origin":7037,"position":1},"title":"Julie Lafuente Fernandez, Nurse","date":"April 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Julie Lafuente Fernandez \u2013 a Nurse Practitioner in Bayambang, Pangasinan, Philippines \u2013 passed away after suffering from COVID-19. 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