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Date Posted: 17:31:27 03/31/03 Mon
Author: Simon Ho
Subject: A dead person in my heart

Dear friends,

http://www.who.int/csr/sars/urbani/en/

For your information.

simon ho

Dr. Carlo Urbani of the World Health Organisation dies of SARS

29 March 2002

Dr. Carlo Urbani, an expert on communicable diseases, died today of SARS. Dr. Urbani, worked in public health programs in Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam. He was based in Hanoi, Viet Nam. Dr. Urbani was 46.

Dr. Urbani was the first WHO officer to identify the outbreak of this new disease, in an American businessman who had been admitted to a hospital in Hanoi. Because of his early detection of the disease, global surveillance was heightened and many new cases have been identified and isolated before they infected hospital staff. In Hanoi, the SARS outbreak appears to be coming under control.

�Carlo was a wonderful human being and we are all devastated,� said Pascale Brudon, the World Health Representative in Viet Nam. �He was very much a doctor, his first goal was to help people. Carlo was the one who very quickly saw that this was something very strange. When people became very concerned in the hospital, he was there everyday, collecting samples, talking to the staff and strengthening infection control procedures.�

Dr. Urbani was married and the father of three children.

Dr. Urbani received his medical degree from the University of Ancona, Italy, and did post-graduate work in malaria and medical parasitology. He was an expert in the parasitic diseases of schoolchildren. He was also a president of M�decins Sans Fronti�res-Italy.

�Carlo Urbani�s death saddens us all deeply at WHO,� said Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, WHO�s Director-General. �His life reminds us again of our true work in public health. Today, we should all pause for a moment and remember the life of this outstanding physician.�

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[> Re: A dead person in my heart -- Chee-seung, 19:56:53 03/31/03 Mon

I know that there are more than 8000 people (or even more, more)died each day in this world. I value each single life.

However, here is my salute to Dr. Carlo Urbani!

Chee-seung.

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