Redigerer Usama Riaz

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'''Usama Riaz''' ({{lang-ur|اسامہ ریاض}}; født i 1994 i [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] i [[Pakistan]], død [[23. mars]] [[2020]]) var en pakistansk [[lege]] som døde av sykdom han pådro seg under pleie av pasienter med [[covid-19]].<ref name="dawn">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1544225/ajk-pm-announces-nishan-e-kashmir-for-gb-doctor-who-died-of-coronavirus |title=AJK PM announces Nishan-e-Kashmir for GB doctor who died of coronavirus - Pakistan|website=DAWN.COM|accessdate=2020-03-27}}</ref>

Usama Riaz hadde vinteren 2020 som en av sine oppgaver å sjekke helsen til [[pilegrim]]er som vendte tilbake fra Pakistan fra [[Iran]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Doctor Dies Amid Strike Threat Over Lack of Protection |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/22/world/asia/22reuters-health-coronavirus-pakistan-doctors.html |website=The New York Times |publisher=Reuters |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328015932/https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/22/world/asia/22reuters-health-coronavirus-pakistan-doctors.html |archivedate=28. mars 2020 |date=22. mars 2020 |quote=was screening pilgrims who had returned to Pakistan from Iran |url-status=live}}</ref>

Han behandlet også folk på [[Intensivmedisin|intensivbehandling]] som hadde fått covid-19, og det trass i manglende eller utilstrekkelig personlig verneutstyr,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perry |first1=Tod |title=Dr. Usama Riaz gave everything he had to fight COVID-19. The world should know his name. |url=https://www.upworthy.com/dr-usama-riaz-is-a-true-hero-in-fight-against-covid-19 |website=[[Upworthy]] |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20200328015922/https://www.upworthy.com/dr-usama-riaz-is-a-true-hero-in-fight-against-covid-19 |archivedate=28. mars 2020 |language=en |date=25. mars 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahmood |first1=Aisha |title=US mourns death of Gilgit-Baltistan doctor who died after contracting coronavirus |url=https://www.brecorder.com/2020/03/24/582906/us-mourns-death-of-gilgit-baltistan-doctor-who-died-after-contracting-coronavirus/ |website=Business Recorder |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20200329235726/https://www.brecorder.com/2020/03/24/582906/us-mourns-death-of-gilgit-baltistan-doctor-who-died-after-contracting-coronavirus/ |archivedate=29. mars 2020 |date=24. mars 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> noe som utsatte ham for økt fare for å bli smittet.<ref name=bbc2020-03-27/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Menon |first1=Devika |title=Dr. Usama Riaz Died A Hero Trying To Save COVID-19 Patients In Pakistan. You Should Know Him |url=https://life.gomcgill.com/dr-usama-riaz-did-everything-he-could-to-help-save-covid-19-patients-he-died-a-hero |website=life.gomcgill.com |publisher=McGill |date=26. mars 2020 |url-status=live |quote=He put his life on the line to treat patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Dr. Riaz did not have adequate protective gear to ensure his own safety while treating patients that had tested positive. Nevertheless, he kept fighting for his patients, until the virus claimed his life. "Pakistani medical officials are calling on the government to provide more protective gear to doctors so they don't have to suffer the same fate as Riaz. It is like suicide to treat patients without protection". Dr. Riaz is an example of the lengths that doctors traverse to save lives, sometimes at the cost of their own. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330110839/https://life.gomcgill.com/dr-usama-riaz-did-everything-he-could-to-help-save-covid-19-patients-he-died-a-hero |archivedate=30. mars 2020 }} {{Kilde www |url=https://life.gomcgill.com/dr-usama-riaz-did-everything-he-could-to-help-save-covid-19-patients-he-died-a-hero |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2020-04-22 |arkiv-dato=2020-03-30 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330110839/https://life.gomcgill.com/dr-usama-riaz-did-everything-he-could-to-help-save-covid-19-patients-he-died-a-hero |url-status=yes }}</ref>

Riaz døde 23. mars 2020 av [[covid-19]]-komplikasjoner, i en alder av 26 år.<ref name=bbc2020-03-27>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52043224 |title=Pakistan coronavirus: 'We can't see it, but everyone is terrified'|website=BBC News|accessdate=2020-03-27 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20200329185024/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52043224 |archivedate=29. mars 2020 |url-status=live |quote= Medical professionals have criticised the lack of protective clothing provided to frontline staff . "to work without protective equipment is suicide."}}</ref> Usama Riaz var den første pakistanake lege som døde av viruset.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.24newshd.tv/22-Mar-2020/first-pakistani-doctor-dies-from-coronavirus |title=First Pakistani doctor dies from coronavirus|date=2020-03-22|website=24 News HD|language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref>

Den 27. mars 2020 ble han posthumt hedret med ''Nishan-e-Kashmir'', statens høyeste utmerkelse, av premierministeren for Azaa Kashmir for sin uselviske oppofrelse og innsats.<ref name="dawn"/> [[Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman]], ''Chief Minister'' for Gilgit-Baltistan, omtalte hans død som en nasjonal tragedie.<ref>{{cite news |title='We honour his sacrifice': Dr Usama's fight against COVID-19 |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2182160/1-honour-sacrifice-dr-usamas-fight-covid-19 |accessdate=30. mars 2020 |work=The Express Tribune |date=23. mars 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

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