Carlo Urbani
Carlo Urbani (born October 19, 1956 in Castelplanio in the province of Ancona , † March 29, 2003 in Bangkok , Thailand ) was an Italian doctor .
Life
After graduating from high school and graduating from university, he received his doctorate from the University of Ancona in Italy. He did research on malaria and medical parasitology and was considered an expert on parasitic diseases in school children. He was also involved in the Italian department of Doctors Without Borders , of which he became president a few years later. He was one of the members who received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the organization.
Carlo Urbani was married and had three children.
SARS
Urbani worked for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Southeast Asia and stayed mainly in Vietnam , where he treated the American businessman Johnny Chen in the French Hospital in Hanoi at the end of February 2003. He was sick with what was believed to be a serious flu. Urbani recognized a new and highly contagious disease, immediately notified the WHO, and is therefore probably the first to recognize and classify the respiratory disease Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Urbani flew to Bangkok on March 11, 2003 to speak at a conference on child parasites. He developed a fever during the flight and was taken to hospital after landing. He himself suffered from SARS, was ventilated in the isolation ward and died on March 29, 2003 as a result of the infection.
Documentary film
- The Virus Empire (Part 1). German-French-Greek-Finnish-Swedish TV documentary by Petra Höfer , Freddie Röckenhaus and Francesca D'Amicis . ARD / Arte u. a. 2008, 45 minutes (also deals with Carlo Urbani's fate)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urbani, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castelplanio , Province of Ancona |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 2003 |
| Place of death | Hanoi , Vietnam |