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Dr. Gilmar Calazans Lima, 55, died on Monday (20) after complications from Covid-19. According to the Bahia State Health Department, the professional had been using hydroxychloroquine for 4 days at home and had shown improvement. However, he had a sudden illness and could not resist.
Gilmar was hypertensive and diabetic. He was taken to the emergency department of the Hospital Costa da Cacau, where he worked. According to the Secretary of Health of Bahia, Fábio Vilas-Boas, the patient “underwent resuscitation for 45 minutes, remained without stabilizing the heart rate and ended up evolving until death.”
According to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, the doctor felt the first symptoms of Covid-19 on the last day 10. On Thursday (16), he was admitted to the hospital, but as he had mild symptoms, Gilmar had the material for the test collected and He was instructed to comply with the quarantine at home.
After the positive result for the new coronavirus on Saturday (18), the doctor started using a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin prescribed by Hospital Costa do Cacau.
“He gained access to a prescription issued by a colleague at the hospital. The medicine was dispensed by the unit’s pharmacy, in an irregular way, since the SESAB protocol (Secretary of Health of the State of Bahia) is exclusively for inmates, “said the secretary. According to Vilas-Boas, an investigation was initiated to investigate the case.
