Danish surgeon, one of the earliest non-Africans to die of AIDS
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Margrethe P. Rask
Born
1930
Thisted, Denmark
Died
12 December 1977(1977-12-12) (aged 46–47)
Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
Cause of death
AIDS-related complications
Years active
1964–1977
Known for
One of the first non-Africans to die of HIV/AIDS
Medical career
Profession
Surgeon
Margrethe P. Rask (1930 – 12 December 1977), better known as Grethe Rask, was a Danish physician and surgeon in Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). After setting up her own hospital in the village of Abumombazi in 1972,[2] she transferred to Danish Red Cross Hospital in Kinshasa in 1975. She returned to Denmark in 1977 after developing symptoms of an unknown infectious disease, which was later discovered to be AIDS. Three and a half years later in June 1981 the Centers for Disease Control recognized AIDS. Rask was one of the first non-Africans (along with Arvid Noe and Robert Rayford) and first woman known to have died of AIDS-related causes.[3]
^Shilts, Randy (1987). And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. St. Martin's Press. pp. 5–7. ISBN 0-312-00994-1.
^Shilts, Randy (April 9, 2000). And The Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312241353 – via Google Books.
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