Gino Strada, the founder of Emergency, is dead.
He was 73 years old.
The funeral and the funeral parlor have not yet been set.
The surgeon in fact - they explain from Emergency -
died in Normandy
, where he was with his wife Simonetta, and we will therefore have to wait for the body to be repatriated.
Until yesterday, Strada worked on the crisis in Afghanistan, to which he dedicated an in-depth study published today in 'La Stampa'.
"The news took us all by surprise, let us recover from the pain": was the first comment of the president of Emergency
Rossella Miccio
.
"
Friends, my dad Gino Strada is gone. I embrace you but I can't answer your many messages (thank you), because I'm here: where we just made a rescue and saved lives. That's what he taught me. and my mother. Strong hugs to everyone
": so in a tweet
Cecilia Strada
, the daughter of the founder of Emergency.
"
Among his last thoughts, there was Afghanistan
yesterday. He died happy. We love you Gino": this is how
Emergency remembers its founder Gino Strada
. "We can't think of being without him, his mere presence was enough to make us all feel stronger and less alone, even if he was far away", the NGO's message. "Our beloved Gino - reads the post - died this morning. He was founder, surgeon, executive director, the soul of EMERGENCY". "Patients always come first", the sense of justice, clarity, rigor, the ability to see: these were the things that were immediately noticed in Gino. And knowing him better you could see that he knew how to dream, have fun, invent a thousand things ".
Many messages to remember and greet Gino Strada
. "
Gino Strada brought the reasons of life where the war wanted to impose violence and death.
He invoked the reasons of humanity where the clash canceled all respect for people. His testimony, given until the end of his life, contributed to enrich the common heritage of values such as solidarity and altruism, expressed, in a sometimes rough but always generous way, in the service of safeguarding the weakest people exposed to the consequences of conflicts that bloodied the world ". Thus in a note the President of the Republic,
Sergio Mattarella
. "In coherence with our Constitution which repudiates war - added the head of state -, Gino Strada has made this indication the inspiration for the humanitarian actions developed in Italy and abroad, courageously expressing an alternative line to clash between peoples and within them ". "In expressing my heartfelt condolences to his family and to those who were close to him - he concluded - I honor his figure".
"Strada has always spent his life on the side of the least, working with professionalism, courage and humanity in the most difficult areas of the world. The" Emergency "association, founded together with his wife Teresa - the message of Prime Minister
Mario Draghi
-, it represents his moral and professional legacy. To his daughter Cecilia, to all his loved ones and colleagues at Emergency, the government's heartfelt condolences ".
Gino Strada, founder of Emergency, died
