Erasmo Vásquez

Erasmo Vásquez (circia 1948 – 22 April 2021) was a Dominican physician and politician.

Erasmo Vásquez
Bornc. 1948[1]
DiedApril 22, 2021(2021-04-22) (aged 72–73)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Resting placeFuneraria Blandino de La Vega[2]
RelativesHector Acosta (son-in-law)

Biography

Between 1966 and 1998 Vásquez served as minister of Public Health 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, following his admission to hospital in March 2021.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Covid-19 takes the lives of former public health minister and former conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra". DR1.com News from Dominican Republic (in English). Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  2. ^ "La Vega declara dos días de duelo por muerte del doctor Erasmo Vásquez". Diario Libre (in Spanish). 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  3. ^ "Muere exministro de Salud Pública, Erasmo Vásquez". Listín Diario (in Spanish). 21 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Muere el exministro de Salud Pública Erasmo Vásquez a causa de la covid-19". Swissinfo (in Spanish). 22 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Erasmo Vásquez, promotor del uso de invermectina, falleció de coronavirus". El Día (in Spanish). 22 April 2021.
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