Erasmo Vásquez
Erasmo Vásquez (died 22 April 2021) was a Dominican physician and politician.
Biography[edit]
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.[1]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic, he called for a national plan and the use of Ivermectin against COVID-19.[2] 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.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Muere exministro de Salud Pública, Erasmo Vásquez". Listín Diario (in Spanish). 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Muere el exministro de Salud Pública Erasmo Vásquez a causa de la covid-19". Swissinfo (in Spanish). 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Erasmo Vásquez, promotor del uso de invermectina, falleció de coronavirus". El Día (in Spanish). 22 April 2021.
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