Hero of the other pandemic
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Medical professionals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battle in this country should today pause just long enough to draw inspiration from a national hero whose pioneering work during another pandemic earned international acclaim.
Professor Courtenay Felix Bartholomew, a physician and medical researcher died yesterday at age 89, leaving behind a body of work that contributed significantly to advances in the diagnosis and treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Aids).