Grethe Rask
Danish physician
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Margrethe P. Rask, better known as Grethe Rask, was a Danish physician and surgeon in Zaïre. After setting up her own hospital in the village of Abumombazi in 1972, she transferred to Danish Red Cross Hospital in Kinshasa in 1975. Wikipedia
Born: 1930, Thisted, Denmark
Died: December 12, 1977 (age 47 years), Copenhagen, Denmark
Known for: One of the first non-Africans to die of HIV/AIDS