Father and son doctors who treated patients die from Covid-19


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Aug 2020

FLORIDA (ANN): Two doctors from two generations within a family, who both dedicated their lives to healing and saving patients, unfortunately succumbed to the deadly novel coronavirus disease in Florida, United States.

Dr. Jorge Vallejo was a retired obstetrician and gynecologist. He died at the age of 89 on June 27, as per the Miami Herald last Tuesday, Aug. 11. Meanwhile, his 57-year-old son, Dr. Carlos Francisco Vallejo, was a board director at Palmetto General Hospital who took care of Covid-19 patients. He passed on Aug. 1 after spending 42 days in the intensive care unit.

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