Written on December 23, 2020 | Posted in Crime,Featured | Comments Off
Traveling on public transportation has for years been a hellish experience and with cases of COVID-19 increasing daily, commuting on buses and dollar vans has become an even more frightening [.]
Ingrid and David Vega
It has been a very unfortunate past few days when it comes to the ever-increasing number of COVID-19 related fatalities. On Monday, December 14, 2020, Hon. David “Dido” Vega, 47, was laid to rest in an Official Funeral held in his home town of Corozal. Just days prior, on the morning of Friday, December 11, he succumbed to COVID-19 related complications at Belize Healthcare Partners Limited in Belize City. It was there that he spent his last week battling the disease since his health had begun to decline quite rapidly. His death was a somber occurrence on Friday especially since it was the day that the recently elected P.U.P. Corozal Bay area representative would have been officially sworn into the House of Representatives. Adding to the solemn mood was the news that Ingrid Vega, the wife of the late area representative, is now hospitalized herself. Just one day following her husband’s untimely passing, she was rushed to Healthcare Partners, also for COVI
On Sunday afternoon Dr. Kenneth Guerra and his twin brother Kevin Guerra were laid to eternal rest in their much-loved hometown of Benque Viejo del Carmen in the faithful presence of family members and friends. Kevin Guerra passed away shortly after midday on Saturday and his brother, Kenneth, lost his struggle to Covid-19 complications eighteen hours later on Sunday morning.
Kevin was intubated at the K.H.M.H. on Saturday. At that time, Kenneth was also intubated and was in dire need of plasma from a person who had recently recovered from COVID-19.
A brief funeral service was held less than 24 hours after the pair of twin doctors from Benque Viejo del Carmen had passed away. They were taken by Coye’s Funeral Home on Sunday in matching coffins to their resting place, from the Sacred Heart Church in San Ignacio to Benque Viejo.
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The coronavirus pandemic has snatched away the lives of two doctors who were fighting to keep others healthy during the pandemic.
Twin brothers Dr Kevin and Dr Kenneth Guerra, died one day apart from each other.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness says the brothers are Belize’s first healthcare workers to have lost their lives to complications due to COVID-19.
Dr Kevin Guerra died on December 12. He worked at the Independence Polyclinic under the Ministry of Health and Wellness for five years. Dr Kenneth Guerra also lost the fight to COVID-19 on December 13. Dr Kenneth worked at the San Ignacio Community Hospital under the Ministry of Health and Wellness for three years.
Dec 14, 2020
A Motorcade in Honor of the Fallen Guerra Brothers
A motorcade was held last evening in remembrance of brothers Kevin and Kenneth Guerra. In the wake of their passing, their colleagues in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, as well as the Belize Medical and Dental Association, quickly put together a tribute to the doctors with a convoy of ambulances leading the way. In Belize City, as well as other parts of the country, the parade of vehicles and lights was well received as many lined the streets to pay homage to the frontline health workers. News Five’s Isani Cayetano has that story.