CNN/AP: WHO chief dies after brain surgery

[DeepModem Mom]

WHO chief dies after brain surgery
Monday, May 22, 2006

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- Dr. Lee Jong-wook, who spearheaded the World Health Organization's successive battles against SARS and bird flu, died Monday after undergoing emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain, officials said. He was 61.

Lee died at 7:43 a.m. (0543 GMT) Monday morning, said a WHO statement. Anders Nordstrom of Sweden, whom Lee had named to take over in an emergency, will serve as acting director-general.

"I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Dr. Lee," U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a statement. "This sudden loss of a leader, colleague and friend is truly devastating."

A WHO statement said Lee had been in hospital since he fell ill Saturday afternoon while attending an official function, after which he underwent surgery to remove the blood clot.

Lee, who took over as director-general of WHO in 2003 as the agency battled the SARS outbreak in Asia, worked for WHO for 23 years, including time served in regional posts. He was the first South Korean to head a U.N. agency, after winning praise for his low-key but efficient management style as head of the agency's tuberculosis program....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/22/who.chief.ap/index.html

[shadowknows69]

1. another doctor involved with contagious diseases dies a sudden death

why is my tin foil hat calling to me from the closet?

<http://www.nachos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=33019>

[benburch]

2. Put away the tinfoil.

People die of blood clots all the time.

[shadowknows69]

4. I know

just figure I'd beat someone else to it.

[jasop]

5. That is why it is not a "tinfoil hat" situation

I am so tired of people thinking that the only way in which someone will be eliminated is by some strange and OBVIOUS manner. Why would a group of people who want to get rid of someone do it so that everyone would know it was a murder/assasination? If a group of people in powerful positions need to eliminate someone they do it with blood clots, heart attacks, "apparent" suicides.

Jeea no wonder it is so easy for a group of fat, elitists to rule the world.

[rodeodance]

3. so quick--our lives can just go.