Remembering Thousands of the World's Healthcare Workers Lost to COVID
Remembering Thousands of the World's Healthcare Workers Lost to COVID
Just as the global death toll from COVID-19 climbs to staggering new highs, so grows the number of those lost on the front lines trying to help those infected.
Medscape has been compiling a list in memoriam of fallen healthcare workers worldwide with information from friends, colleagues, and families who have shared details about those who have died in the service of patients infected.
As of August 18, the list, while incomplete, included 2012 names, 386 from the United States. The youngest is 21, the eldest, 99.
The list includes workers from 74 countries. The healthcare workers are among the more than 776,000 people worldwide who had died from COVID-19 as of Tuesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University Covid-19 tracker.
The names are those of physicians, nurses, first responders, therapists, pharmacists, medical examiners, technicians, staff, and practitioners of all kinds. (MedScape, USA, 21.08.2020)