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“We are in awe of the tireless efforts of all NHS workers currently battling this evil virus. “We would sincerely like to thank the incredible ICU team at East Surrey Hospital for their world-class, compassionate care. “Our thoughts are also with his emergency department colleagues, whom he considered his second family. “A huge hole has been left in our hearts. We love you, forever and always.”
Nursing assistant Ruben Munoz, centre
– Ruben Munoz, nursing assistant Ruben Munoz, a father of two and nursing assistant at Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust )SASH) for a decade, died on April 17. Michael Wilson, chief executive of SASH, said the death of Mr Munoz had caused deep sadness among his colleagues.
(Joseph Varkey) Philomina Cherian was a staff nurse and “incredibly caring friend and colleague” on the Acute Assessment Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Read the full story here. She died on April 30 due to Covid-19, aged 63.
The full list: – Augustine Obaro, GP Dr Obaro, 63, died on January 1 after years of service working as a GP at Addison Road Medical Practice in Walthamstow, London. A father of four, Dr Obaro moved to the UK in 1999 from Nigeria and Waltham Forest Clinical Commissioning Group said he will be “sadly missed”. – Bridget Palmer, nurse Bridget Palmer, a staff nurse at Clitheroe Community Hospital, died on December 29 after contracting coronavirus, a spokesman for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) said.
At least 211 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus.
Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11.
This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients.
The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.
The stories of those who died with coronavirus in Wales
The oldest is 96, the youngest just 27 these are some of the faces and human stories behind the devastating numbers of the coronavirus pandemic
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From young to old, families from across Wales have lost loved ones during the coronavirus pandemic
The people who died with coronavirus this year will scar families, friends and colleagues long after the pandemic abates.
Among those who died include health and care workers who risked everything to care for patients in need, public transport workers unwittingly exposed in one of the most dangerous lines of work at the start of the pandemic, elderly people denied their retirements, people in ethnic minority communities most vulnerable to the disease and many more.