For a Florida family, the coronavirus pandemic has struck hard after two doctors, a father and son, passed away from COVID-19 just over one month apart from each other.
in coronavirus cases that started in late June and July. Miami-Dade County accounted for the highest amount of cases and Hialeah, a blue-collar city, was at the heart of the outbreak.
Blanca Mourino, 68, was a patient of both Carlos and Jorge Vallejo since she moved to South Florida from New York in 1995 and has fond memories of both. He mother was a patient as well. She said that when she was sick, she would often describe her symptoms over the phone and Carlos Vallejo would call in the medication to the pharmacy, saving Mourino a trip to his office and money for the visit.Courtesy Vallejo Family
Carlos Vallejo is survived by his wife, a psychiatrist, and three children. He and his wife met in medical school and had been married for 33 years. He loved to travel the world and go diving and skiing during his time off from work.Jorge Vallejo was born and raised in Guantanamo, Cuba where he became an outspoken critic of the late Fidel Castro's revolution. By 1965, he fled the island with his wife and two sons, ages two and three, and settled in the largely Cuban-American city of Hialeah.
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