Dr. Carlos Araujo-Preza, 51 was a true Hero that was there for every Covid -19 patients at the intensive care unit, HCA Houston Hospital in Tomball, Texas.
He died Monday night after he spent several weeks on a ventilator at Houston Methodist Hospital in the Texas Medical Center due to the awful virus.According to the KHOU news station, Araujo-Preza was nominated to be a part of a national study to examine the effectiveness of convalescent plasma as a treatment for critically ill COVID-19 patients.

“When he started having neurological problems due to COVID ... he could no longer speak coherently, and afterwards, he was intubated, so we could not speak to him for those last two weeks of his life,” she told KRIV.

Andrea Araujo is devastated that her father won’t be there for some of her life milestones.

“My dad will never see me graduate from my master’s program. He’ll never give me away at my wedding,” she said. “He’ll never see his grandkids. And that’s really hard.”

Araujo-Preza’s partner, Paige King, wrote on Facebook that he said he had no hesitation when it came to taking care of coronavirus patients. He told her he was born to do the job.

Andrea Araujo hopes her father’s story will encourage people to be safe amid the ongoing pandemic.

“He always told me to stay home,” she told KRIV. “And, that’s my message to everybody. You never think it’s going to happen to you, and it’s really heartbreaking, and it’s something that I don’t wish upon any other family to go through.”

HCA Houston Hospital Management said in a statement:



“We are saddened by the passing of Dr. Carlos Araujo-Preza. His clinical excellence, compassionate care and kindness will be greatly missed. Dr. Carlos Araujo-Preza touched so many of our lives and will always be remembered for his profound commitment to his patients. Our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to his family, friends and colleagues.”