Family says Alabama man was turned away from 43 packed ICUs before dying

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

An Alabama man who was having a cardiac emergency reportedly died last month after 43 hospitals with full intensive care units turned him away.

Ray DeMonia's daughter told The Washington Post that her father was unable to find an available ICU bed because hospitals in Alabama were inundated with COVID-19 patients, especially those who were not vaccinated.

DeMonia's wife received a call around 12 hours after he was admitted to Cullman Regional Medical Center notifying her that after calling 43 hospitals, there was not a specialized cardiac ICU bed available for him.

As a result, DeMonia was ultimately transferred to a Mississippi hospital - located roughly 200 miles away - to receive specialized treatment.

He died on Sept. 1, three days before his 74th birthday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/family-says-alabama-man-was-turned-away-from-43-packed-icus-before-dying/ar-AAOorWc

[SharonClark]

1. Such a sad story and unnecessary death.

GQP Death Squads seem to be working overtime.

[haele]

2. And he was vaccinated.

I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't more than a couple doctors and nurses that would have been ready to chuck some unvaccinated dead-ender out of an ICU bed to keep this guy alive as part of a triage protocol; and it was only the hospital administration's fear of Q-zombies and TFG's loudmouthed (and armed) acolytes that keeps them from doing that.

Haele

[lindysalsagal]

3. But, their freedom was more important than his life.

The so-called pro-life party loves death by virus and gunz.

[Vinca]

4. When someone like this shows up they need to dump one of those unvaccinated idiots out of the ICU

and stick them in a pup tent in the parking lot until another bed becomes available. Vaccinated people shouldn't be dying to save the unvaccinated who have chosen to die.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. I wish theyd turn away unvaxxed people.

Send them home.