He was athletic, a swimming competitor and had no previous illnesses. The German doctor had mild symptoms. The 59-year-old died a few days after a positive corona test. The grief in Mallorca is great.
Palma - For the Medical Association and its colleagues in the Balearic Islands, the news is incredible. The grief was great. A doctor practicing in Mallorca died of a corona infection shortly after a Covid-19 diagnosis. The 59-year-old had developed mild symptoms, the medical association said in a press release. After a positive corona test on Sunday, the doctor stayed in quarantine at home and was monitored by phone. Then his condition suddenly deteriorated dramatically. He died of respiratory failure.
The native of Hesse is the first doctor in Mallorca and the Balearic Islands to have died in connection with the corona virus, the medical association announced. The German surgeon and digestive disease expert has been practicing on Mallorca for years. Mainly, Dr. Kablitz foreign patients. The doctor leaves behind a wife and two young children. With a minute's silence, colleagues remembered the doors of the university on Mallorca on Wednesday.
El Col·legi Oficial de Metges lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del primer médico en ejercicio en Balears a causa de la covid-19. El Dr. Bernd Kablitz, de 59 años, ha fallecido hoy en su domicilio solo unos días después de contraer la enfermedad | https://t.co/vmPF0BNfrJ pic.twitter.com/sAR7rjWP1S
- Comib (@COMbalears) August 18, 2020
