Nino Cassanello

Nino Antonio Cassanello Layana (12 January 1945 – 26 March 2020) was an Ecuadorian university professor and doctor.[1]

Biography

Cassanello completed his high school studies at the San José La Salle college, after which he attended university and graduated as an internist doctor. He worked at the Luis Vernaza hospital in Guayaquil for forty years; at the same time, he was a professor at the University of Guayaquil and at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. He was the author of a book on medical semiology and several scientific articles in the Revista Médica de Nuestros Hospitales of the Board of Charity of Guayaquil.[2][3]

From an early age Cassanello was fond of horse riding, a hobby he inherited from his father Don Nino Cassanello Zerega; he owned several racehorses from the “Santa Mónica” and “Los Pelados” stables. The Miguel Salem Dibo racetrack held several equestrian classics in his name.[4][5]

Death

Cassanello died on 26 March 2020, aged 75, of COVID-19 complications, caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, during the pandemic in Ecuador.[6]

References
  1. "Memorias Vivas". 1 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. "Muere por coronavirus el doctor Nino Cassanello". 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. "Revista Médica Vol.16 No.3". Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. Silvio Devoto Passano (1 July 2016). La Nación (ed.). "Un merecido reconocimiento". Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  5. "Syron buscará llevarse el clásico hípico Progreso". 16 July 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  6. Diario El Universo (29 March 2020). "En hogares y en hospitales se sufre por las víctimas de coronavirus; sentidos mensajes se difunden en redes sociales". Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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