At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of terrified New Yorkers fled the city, which had fast become an epicenter for the virus. Alexander Goldfarb had the opposite response.
The doctor immediately drove to Queens, New York, to treat patients at Elmhurst Hospital, which had been decimated by the virus and suffered a shortage of healthcare providers. He worked at the hospital for a week straight, intubating around six patients every night.
âAll of this was a great risk to himself,â said Robert S. Brown â59, a longtime colleague of Goldfarbâs. At the time, personal protective equipment was in short supply, but Goldfarb âcared about his patients and wanted to save lives.â
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Illustrative A Pakistan Army helicopter flies over the site of an avalanche over Gayari camp, April 18, 2012 (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
(JTA) A prominent Jewish doctor in Boston died this week while attempting a challenging ascent in the mountains of Pakistan.
Alex Goldfarb, an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, was an experienced climber as well as a beloved nephrologist who taught at Harvard Medical School, authored medical texts and traveled to New York last year to treat patients during the first wave of COVID-19 patients there.
His son told the Boston Globe that he also was “a devout Jew” who was animated by the value of
Boston doctor who treated COVID patients in N.Y. dies climbing mountain in Pakistan
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated January 20, 2021, 3:30 p.m.
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Dr. Alex Goldfarb, center, pictured with sons Levi, left, and Ben, right.Handout
A prominent Boston doctor who was killed Jan. 16 in a mountain climbing accident in Pakistan had gone to New York to treat COVID-19 patients at the height of the pandemic and led a life that was âbeyond inspirational,â his son said Wednesday.
Alex Goldfarb, who was affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, went missing on Broad Peak in Pakistan, the 12th highest summit in the world. His body was found two days later close to the summit, according to the tour company that led a climbing expedition Dr. Goldfarb had joined.
Boston COVID doctor and Harvard lecturer, 56, dies in fall while climbing one of the world s highest mountains in Pakistan
Dr Alex Goldfarb-Rumyantzev was climbing Pastore Peak near K2 in Karakoram mountains when he went missing on Saturday
His body was discovered on Monday by Pakistani military after apparent fall
Goldfarb and his mountaineering partner were preparing to ascend Broad Peak, world s 12th highest mountain
Goldfarb, a well-respected medical doctor and Harvard lecturer, had volunteered to treat COVID patients from the outset of the pandemic
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