The specialist in internal Medicine, doctor Marisol Tigrera, died of COVID-19 this Saturday July 11 in the city of Maracaibo, state Zulia.
The president of the College of Physicians of the entity, Dianela Parra, confirmed the death and sent condolences to the relatives.
“The health union recognizes its outstanding vocation to service, her dedication and dedication to her patients, becoming worthy of the recognition and affection of patients, colleagues and friends … We extend our heartfelt words of condolence to her husband, our colleague Dr. Hebert Hernández, other family and friends, “the statement said.
The doctor was hospitalized for three weeks in the University Hospital From maracaibo.
With Tigrera add nine professionals of health died in Zulia, according to the registry of Médicos Unidos de Venezuela.
The organization that groups the health union records 16 total deaths, of which 11 correspond to doctors, four to nurses and a biomechanical technician.
The demand for personal protective equipment was exceeded in Anzoátegui, Táchira and Bolívar. Health personnel denounce precarious biosecurity conditions.
“We have a staff like rural doctors and residents and all the staff that work in outpatient clinics and sentinel hospitals exposed to a deadly virus. Health personnel are not superheroes, they are human beings who need protection”Warns the representative of Médicos Unidos in Táchira, Omar Vergel.
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