The renowned surgeon Raúl García Rinaldi, died today due to a massive heart attack.
The information was corroborated by the president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Víctor Ramos, who indicated that at the time of his death García was in his office.
The surgeon worked in the Mayagüez area, who in an interview with Galenus magazine, detailed that he arrived in the west of the island in 2001 after being invited to develop a cardiovascular center in that municipality. .
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According to the article, the health graduate of the School of Medicine at the University of Puerto Rico. He also had the opportunity to make a boarding school in Minnesota and Houston Texas.
In the same interview García Rinaldi always wanted to be a doctor and liked to work 15 to 15 hours a day. “I can’t think of retiring or slowing down,” he commented at the time.
Garcia has published more than 200 articles and participated in more than 40 different health organizations.
The medical class in the country began to lament the surgeon’s departure.
We mourn the loss of Dr. Raul García Rinaldi, a renowned surgeon and pillar of medicine in Puerto Rico.
Through the García Rinaldi Foundation (@GarciaRinaldi) empowered hundreds of Puerto Rican students in their careers in science and medicine.
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– Puerto Ricans at STEM (@PRicansInSTEM) February 11, 2021