61-anyos COVID-19 patient, namatay habang nag-aantay makapasok sa ER
- A senior citizen who has COVID-19 died while he was waiting for his turn to be admitted to the hospital
- The old man was positive for COVID-19 on March 16, and so, according to the deceased's son, he was isolated
- However, on March 27, he suffered from difficulty breathing and was brought to the hospital
- They tried all hospitals, such that even the waitlist was full, and so his father just died because he did not get the chance to be admitted to a hospital
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A 61-year-old man who was positive for COVID-19 did not get a chance to be admitted to a hospital as all hospitals were already full, even the waitlist.
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The son, tried calling other hospitals to no avail. They also tried to have the oxygen tank refilled but the hospital could not accommodate them because they would also be using the tank for other patients. This transpired on March 27 since his father could not breathe well anymore.
When 2 a.m., the family decided to bring the old man home.
At around 3 a.m., his father simply stopped breathing and the search for a hospital resumed.
They contacted so many hospitals until they got to reach a hospital with an ICU.
According to the patient's son, he begged them to take his father in because he was already critical.
"I begged them kasi sobrang critical na ang tatay ko. They agreed to put me in waiting pero they let us know na rin na mayroon dalawa pang pasyente that's waiting to get into the ICU as well," said Angelo in GMA News Balitambayan.
Around 5:20 a.m., March 28, the patient died while still on a stretcher.
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The COVID-19 outbreak started out in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. Scientists believed that the virus came from an animal at one of Wuhan's wet markets. The Philippines has slowly eased quarantine measures and Filipinos are starting to adapt to the new normal.
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The head of the European Union's disease control agency stated that there is a possibility that the novel coronavirus could last for a long time. This was even though there is already a global vaccine rollout that is currently taking place. It revealed that the virus seemed to be well-adapted to humans, which means that the vaccine may have to be tweaked every now and then.
Ted Failon has released an official statement to announce that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The official statement was shared by the broadcast journalist' fellow anchor DJ Chacha on her Instagram account. According to the statement, Failon had undergone COVID-19 testing after a co-worker who tested positive for the virus identified him as a close contact.
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