Dr. Joseph Costa, 56, the chief of critical care at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, where he treated patients battling COVID-19, died of the coronavirus Saturday.
Dr. Joseph Costa, the chief of the critical care division at Mercy Medical Center who treated patients battling COVID-19, died of the coronavirus on July 25, 2020.Costa had worked for Mercy for 23 years, becoming chief of critical care in 2005. He is survived by
“I keep thinking, 'Now there is one less ICU doctor to care for pandemic patients in Baltimore,'” Hart told The Baltimore Sun.that his tragic death should serve as a reminder of the seriousness of the pandemic. "This is real. This was a 56-year-old healthy man. He knew how to be careful. He knew how to take good care of himself, and he still passed away from this disease,” she said. “This could happen to anybody.”
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