Erasmo Vásquez (died 22 April 2021) was a Dominican physician and politician.
Erasmo Vásquez | |
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Born | c. 1948 [1] |
Died | April 22, 2021
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | (aged 72–73)
Resting place | Funeraria Blandino de La Vega [2] |
Relatives | Hector Acosta (son-in-law) |
He was minister of Public Health between 1996 and 1998 under the government of Leonel Fernández. He was also president of the Dominican Medical College under Danilo Medina's presidency. [3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic, he called for a national plan and the use of Ivermectin against COVID-19. [4] He died from COVID-19 on 22 April 2021 at the Santiago Medical Union of Santiago de los Caballeros, where he was admitted last March. [5]