Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
At about 2:30 p.m. this Friday, after four cardiorespiratory arrests, Dr. Karen Tábora (32) he lost his life at Escuela Hospital while fighting COVID-19.
Galena was hospitalized on January 29 at the Western Hospital in Santa Rosa de Copán, but accordingly Ana Pinto, the spokesperson for this health care center, was withdrawn today because “her health has deteriorated and there are no intensive care providers or other emergency supplies here, so the Department of Medicine, with the support of her family, decided that the best thing is to transfer it to the capital “.
Dr. Tábora He was mobilized in an emergency this Friday from Copán to Tegucigalpa through the Honduran Air Force (FAH). Tábora was removed with the support of various elements of the FAH who were dressed completely protected against the virus, then took it from the plane and loaded it on a stretcher while it was connected to an oxygen tank.
Upon arrival, she was immediately hospitalized at Escuela Hospital, where, despite medical efforts to save her life, she ended up expiring.
Karen Tábora studied Medicine and Surgery at the National Autonomous University of Honduras in the Sula Valley (Unah-vs.), was originally from Santa Rosa de Copán and lived in the town of La Entrada, where until recently he worked in a triage center.
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As it was known, less than a month ago, she lost the product covid-19 to her aunt, but considered her an adoptive mother, Denia Elizabeth Tábor, who was an evangelical pastor and recently led the Maranatha Asambleas de Dios church in La Entrada, Copán, as well as other congregations in the surrounding area. The evangelical leader expired after being treated for the disease in a room at the Western Hospital in Santa Rosa de Copán.
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“Despite all the efforts to save her life, our young colleague Karen Tábora lost her fight against covid-19. Her mother had died a few weeks ago due to the virus, now they are together in the heavenly house,” he said. Samuel Santos, vice president of the College of Physicians.
“Her grandmother is also connected to a mechanical fan, and her brother is infected with the virus. We thank the Honduran people for their love and solidarity with the medical union that pays a high cost of their lives every day. Rest in peace our deceased colleague today, “he said.
Relatives and friends of the Tábora family who arrived on the outskirts of Escuela Hospital reacted in dismay at the terrible news of the young doctor’s death, who they said had no underlying illness but assumed her mother’s adoptive mother’s death could have significantly affected time to combat this disease.
Galena, with a whole future ahead of her, was not married and did not leave children. His relatives indicated that after the body was handed over to them, he would be taken to his place of origin in Copán to bury the remains and say goodbye.