Coronavirus: Father and son of renowned medical family in Miami die of coronavirus after being hospi
Coronavirus: Father and son of renowned medical family in Miami die of coronavirus after being hospitalised on same day
‘He really was the true definition of a hero. I knew that when Covid started, that he was going to be a hero’
Louise Hall
8 hours ago
A retired doctor and his son, who was also a doctor treating patients throughout the coronavirus pandemic, have died from coronavirus after being hospitalised with the disease on the same day.
Dr Jorge A Vallejo, 89, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist, and one of his sons Dr Carlos Francisco Vallejo, both contracted coronavirus and were hospitalised in Miami, Florida, on the 22 June, The Miami Herald reported.
Jorge Vallejo, who has nine grandchildren, died six days after he was admitted to hospital on 27 June.
After a long battle against the virus, spending 42 days in intensive care, Carlos Vallejo also succumbed to complications of the disease, which family members believe he may have caught from one of his patients.
The 57-year-old doctor was reported to have been caring for as many as 76 Covid-19 patients, many of them elderly nursing home residents, before he fell sick.
More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/covid-death-miamia-doctor-father-son-vallejo-coronavirus-florida-a9667486.html
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