TORONTOSTAR – Gino Strada, an Italian surgeon who co-founded the humanitarian group Emergency to provide medical care for civilian victims of war and poverty in many countries, and was a fierce critic of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, has died. He was 73.
His daughter, Cecilia Strada, tweeted: “Friends, my dad #GinoStrada is no more.’’ Emergency announced Friday that “Our beloved Gino died this morning. He was founder, surgeon, executive director, the soul of Emergency.” Neither cited a cause of death, but the website of Corriere della Sera newspaper said Strada had been suffering from heart problems for years, and died in France. Prominent among Emergency’s medical missions in 19 countries was Afghanistan.
‘Maestro of humanity’: Italian surgeon Gino Strada dies at 73
TheGuardian – Tributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and Sudan.
Tributes have been paid to Gino Strada, the Italian surgeon and “maestro of humanity” known for setting up world-class hospitals for the victims of war, who has died aged 73. The medic, who in 1994 co-founded the humanitarian organisation Emergency to provide free, quality healthcare for those injured in conflict, died on Friday in France, reports said. Rossella Miccio, the chair of Emergency, said the news had come as a shock. “No one was expecting this. We are dazed and distressed,” she told Corriere della Sera. “It is a huge loss for the whole world. He did all he could to make the world a better place. We will miss him enormously.”
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“Quando si bombarda si chiama guerra. Poi si possono utilizzare tutti gli aggettivi che si vuole, ma rimane sempre guerra”. Si è sempre schierato, Gino Strada. Fino all’ultimo, firmando dalla Normandia dove era per una breve vacanza un editoriale su ‘La Stampa’ per commentare la situazione in Afghanistan, 24 ore prima di morire: “dicevamo 20 anni fa che questa guerra sarebbe stato un disastro per tutti. Oggi l’esito di quell’aggressione è sotto gli occhi di tutti: un fallimento”. E non ha mai fatto nulla per nasconderlo, in una società in cui il politicamente corretto è l’unica via per entrare nelle stanze del potere. Scegliendo sempre la strada, meglio se polverosa e in una qualche periferia del mondo, dove la felicità è una protesi per un ragazzino al quale una mina antiuomo prodotta in Occidente ha fatto saltare una gamba e vederlo tornare a camminare.
Morte Gino Strada, la salma a Milano nel fine settimana. David Gilmour: “Ha fatto cose incredibili”. Patti Smith: “Un santo moderno”.
LaRepubblica – Raccolte già 20 mila firme per intitolare al medico di guerra morto in Normandia piazzale Cadorna. L’ex dei Pink Floyd David Gilmour ha fatto un tweet parlando del “dolore per la notizia della morte di un uomo che ha fatto cose strabilianti per aiutare le vittime della guerra e della povertà”.
Gino Strada, Italian surgeon for victims of war, dies at 73
TheWashingtongPost – ROME — Gino Strada, an Italian surgeon who co-founded the humanitarian group Emergency to provide medical care for civilian victims of war and poverty in many countries, and was a fierce critic of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, has died. He was 73. His daughter, Cecilia Strada, tweeted: “Friends, my dad #GinoStrada is no more.’’ Emergency announced Friday that “Our beloved Gino died this morning. He was founder, surgeon, executive director, the soul of Emergency.”
