Carlo Urbani
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|birth_place Castelplanio Italy |death_date |death_place Bangkok Thailand |profession physician |specialism |research_field infectious diseases parasitic disease |known_for identifying severe acute respiratory syndrome |years_active |education University of Ancona |work_institutions Médecins Sans Frontières lt;br />World Health Organization |prizes |relations }} Carlo Urbani (Castelplanio Italy October 19, 1956 – Bangkok Thailand March 29, 2003) was an Italy physician and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS as a new and dangerously contagious diseasehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1129034.ece. His early warning to the World Health Organization (WHO) touched off a massive response that probably helped save the lives of millions of people around the world. In 2003, Urbani was called in to L'Hôpital Français De Hanoï to look at patient Johnny Chen, an American businessman who had fallen ill with what doctors thought was a bad case of influenza Urbani realized that Chen did not have flu, but probably a new and highly contagious disease. He immediately notified the WHO, triggering the most effective response to a major epidemic in history. He also persuaded the Vietnamese Health Ministry to begin isolating patients and screening travelers, thus slowing the early pace of the epidemic. The World Health Organization has recognized that Dr. Urbani probably saved a large unknown number of lives, because of his early detection of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromehttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2003/np6/en/ WHO Media Centre, "Dr. Carlo Urbani of the World Health Organization dies of SARS", 29 March 2003. Due to the work he did in Hanoi treating SARS infected patients, Dr. Urbani became infected with the virus himself. On March 11, as he flew from Hanoi to a conference in Bangkok Thailand where he was to talk on the subject of childhood parasites, Urbani started feeling feverish on the plane. A colleague who met him at the airport called an ambulance. They sat in chairs eight feet apart until an ambulance arrived 90 minutes later, because its attendants stopped for protective gear first. His Bangkok hospital room had been jury-rigged as an isolation ward, so his wife could only talk to him by intercom. Ms. Chiorrini saw him conscious just once. As his lungs weakened he was put on a respirator. In a conscious moment, Dr. Urbani asked for a priest to give him the last rites, and according to the Italian Embassy in Bangkok, said he wanted his lung tissue saved for science. After 18 days of intensive care, Carlo Urbani died on 29 March 2003 at 11:45 AM. Urbani received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Ancona and worked for a time as a general practitioner before starting a career in infectious diseases He was a past president of the Italian chapter of Médecins Sans Frontières and was one of the individuals who accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of that organization. He was employed by the World Health Organization and based in Hanoi Vietnam where he mainly worked on combatting parasitic disease , but was generally expert on infectious diseases. He was married and had three children. His life and professional experience have been narrated by: - former WHO colleagues Marco Albonico and Lorenzo Savioli in the book "Le malattie dimenticate" ("Neglected diseases ) published by Feltrinelli in 2004. - Journalist Lucia Bellaspiga, in the book "Carlo Urbani - il primo medico contro la SARS" ("the first doctor against SARS") published by Ancora in 2005.

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* Donald G. McNeil Jr.: [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/08/science/sciencespecial/08PROF.html Diseases Pioneer Is Mourned as a Victim], The New York Times, April 8, 2003 * http://www.eh.url.tw/urbani_int/ Urbani International] * http://www.aicu.it/ Associazione Italiana Carlo Urbani] Category:1956 births Category:2003 deaths Category:World Health Organization officials Category:Severe acute respiratory syndrome Category:People from the Province of Ancona Category:Infectious disease deaths in Thailand cs:Carlo Urbani da:Carlo Urbani de:Carlo Urbani it:Carlo Urbani nl:Carlo Urbani ja:カルロ・ウルバニ no:Carlo Urbani scn:Carlu Urbani zh:卡爾婁·武爾班尼