A New York man went to three hospitals trying to get treatment for his breathing issues before dying of COVID-19, The New York Times reports. Luis Arellano’s story illustrates the difficulties faced by health-care workers in New York and New Jersey when it comes to treating the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
Arellano, 65. began feeling what he believed were symptoms of COVID-19 a couple of weeks ago. First, he went to a Brooklyn hospital, only to be told to come back if his condition got worse. A few days later, he had, indeed, gotten worse, so his family took him to a different hospital, this time in New Jersey. They waited 8 hours, only to be told it would be 7-9 hours before he could be seen, so they went home.
By this time, the coronavirus had “ravaged” his body.
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