Dominican doctor and politician (died 2021)
Erasmo Vásquez (died 22 April 2021) was a Dominican physician and politician.
Erasmo Vásquez |
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Born | c. 1948[1] |
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Died | April 22, 2021(2021-04-22) (aged 72–73)
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Resting place | Funeraria Blandino de La Vega[2] |
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Relatives | Hector Acosta (son-in-law) |
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Biography
He was minister of Public Health between 1996 and 1998 under the government of Leonel Fernández. He was also president of the Dominican Medical College under Danilo Medina's presidency.[3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic, he called for a national plan and the use of Ivermectin against COVID-19.[4] He died from COVID-19 on 22 April 2021 at the Santiago Medical Union of Santiago de los Caballeros, where he was admitted last March.[5]
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