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The family of a Cullman man who died of heart issues in Mississippi is asking people to get vaccinated for COVID after 43 hospitals across three states were unable to accept him because of full cardiac ICUs.?width=300&height=437&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp
Ray Martin DeMonia died on Sept. 1 in Meridian, Mississippi. He was three days shy of his 74th birthday and a well-known Cullman native, his family said.
DeMonia suffered from a cardiac event, and emergency staff at Cullman Regional Medical Center had to bring him to the nearest available bed, which was nearly 200 miles away at Rush Foundation Hospital.
In his obituary, DeMonias family urged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Ray Martin DeMonia, 73, of Cullman died on Sept. 1, 2021.
In honor of Ray, please get vaccinated if you have not, in an effort to free up resources for non-COVID related emergencies, the obituary read. He would not want any other family to go through what his did.
As of Thursday, there are 60 more ICU patients in Alabama than there are beds, and 51% of those patients have tested positive for COVID-19.
https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2021/09/10/cullman-al-man-dies-hospitals-full-icus-turn-away-covid/8272754002/
Botany
(70,292 posts)in a wall, food, water, all the pain killers they want, and just palliative care. They should not be taking up
hospital bed space and doctors or nurses' time.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)To generous. I would offer them the address to the nearest farm supply store so they can get their de-wormer and send them on their way.
Botany
(70,292 posts)They can go and die in a tent and the mattress can be made such as it has flaps on all sides
that can be flipped up and then zipped up to make a body bag with a hook on one end a small
lift like the ones you see or pulling engines can pick it up and then they can bury or burn the
whole package.
I'm done with these assholes. The stories I'm reading this AM of 4 year old girl dying of C-19
or some Texas dumb fuck shooting 2 people because they had a Biden flag and so on have put me
in one hell of "a bad place."
qzwv8j
(87 posts)Vaccines are free, available on a walk-in status at almost every hospital, clinic, drugstore, a large majority of grocery stores, not to mention a number of college campuses as well.
NO excuses remain for an adult to be unvaccinated, and no unvaccinated covid patient should be allowed to remain in an ICU bed if a nonCovid patient is waiting for one.
dalton99a
(81,084 posts)Botany
(70,292 posts)I'm all over these idiots.
MiHale
(9,593 posts)ARE YOU VACCINATED? No? Go sit over there with the rest of you unvaccinated well get to you IF we can, may be a while. We have emergencies to handle.
This is one of my fears no way to get help. Ive had 4-5 heart attacks and a couple strokes, my wife has had 2 strokes. With them in the way, we might die of something completely fixable.
qzwv8j
(87 posts)If a non Covid patient needs an ICU bed, then a NONvaccinated Covid patient should be moved out of the ICU and onto a hospice floor. Hospital too small or overrun for a hospice floor? Then set up a tent in the parking lot. At this point in time, their is no excuse. Their right to choose should not have been allowed to kill this man.
Botany
(70,292 posts)Mom was an anti vax person.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215843797
It Took Her So Fast: 4-Year-Old Texas Preschooler Dies of COVID Within Hours of First Symptoms
qzwv8j
(87 posts)This excerpted from the source link:
The rambunctious 4-year-old passed away just one day after her mother, brother, and 5-month-old sister learned they were infected
Hopefully, this family will not lose either of the two infected children nor will the children lose their mother
. That is the nice side of me reminiscent of days before
. Before Trump. Before the pandemic. Before Vaccines became available
. Before I got so angry
. Now, while I do feel a sense of empathy/sadness believing no parent should ever have to bury their child I also feel a bit of a righteous indignation because they chose this, now this mother/family must both own it and live with it. I also wonder how many other preschoolers were put at risk by this family? Teachers? Their families?
So
.Im like
.
I am so very truly sorry for your loss
. You must be so understandably crushed and heartbroken you ignorant ninny
. Quit whining - you killed your child. How many others did you expose? How many more deaths will you be responsible for?
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Fuck anti-vaxxers and fuck Kay Ivey. 🤬
Dukkha
(7,341 posts)To Hell with anyone crying about their so-called "freedoms"
More important DENY all healthcare to non-vaccinated Covid patients. Tell them to suck it up and learn personal responsibility.
Traildogbob
(8,584 posts)Needed ingrown toe nail surgery .how many hospitals would have turned him away?
Irish_Dem
(45,657 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)Grown adults afraid of a needle.
I am beyound pissed off.