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Another death in the health sector saddens the Cucuteño community today. The renowned doctor Édgar Salgar Villamizar, died a victim of the coronavirus, after staying in intensive care for more than three months. Salgar Villamizar, a general surgeon specialized in the digestive tract, is the second family doctor to lose his life due to the virus, since his brother, the radiologist Gustavo Salgar Villamizar, died on December 22.
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He studied medicine at the University of Caldas, where he met his wife Martha Gallego, with whom he had 4 children: Mauricio (Cardiovascular Surgeon), Martha Liliana (Bacteriologist), Carlos Alberto (Internist) and Ana Milena (General Physician).
Salgar specialized in General Surgery at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the 70’s, under the guidance of that great surgeon, Dr. Joaquín Abello Peñaranda, from whom he also learned digestive endoscopy, knowledge that he later perfected with various courses. update national and international.
He initially founded the San José Emergency Clinic in 1974, which later became the base for the construction and provision of the San José Clinic, which he consolidated with the support of his brother, the engineer Álvaro Salgar. La San José is today one of the most recognized health entities in the city. Currently, Édgar Salgar served as the Scientific Director of the Clinic.
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He had six siblings: Álvaro, Alfonso, Gustavo (RIP), Yadira, Carlos Arturo and Luis Ernesto. Her sister Yadira also lost her husband, neurosurgeon Orlando Ballén, who died on November 25 from coronavirus.
A new death
This is the second death registered today for front-line professionals in the region, nurse Victoria Leguizamon, was infected with COVID-19 while providing her services at the San José Clinic and after fighting the virus for several days, she died .
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