57 year-old man dies in Des Moines hospital after staff can't find ICU room in Nebraska

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Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk
A 57 year-old Nebraska man died after doctors were unable to find an ICU that could take him due to the surge of COVID patients. They called 23 different hospitals.
Mark McConnaughey
Auburn man dies in Des Moines hospital after staff can't find ICU room in Nebraska
'We called 23 different hospitals'
ketv.com
10:39 AM · Sep 3, 2021

https://www.ketv.com/article/auburn-man-dies-in-des-moines-hospital-after-staff-cant-find-icu-room-in-nebraska/37467453

Mark McConnaughey was a guy you could count on for anything, according to his long-time friend and doctor Mike Zaruba.

"If someone was in need, he would drop whatever he was doing, even if he needed to get what he was doing done, and come help," Zaruba said.

But two weeks ago, when the 57-year-old needed care beyond what the Nemaha County Hospital could provide, Zaruba, a board-certified ER doctor said, they could not find any help available in Nebraska.

"At best count, we called 23 different hospitals," Zaruba said. "It was just phone call after phone call where you're being rejected."

Zaruba said they found a hospital in Des Moines after several hours.

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[LonePirate]

1. He was believed to have COVID that worsened an existing medical condition that led to his death.

He was not tested for COVID for some reason but it is suspected that is what caused the inflammation tied to his injury which led to organ failure and his death.

ETA: Article says he was fully vaccinated.

[ret5hd]

3. Vac'd or not? Makes a difference to my feelings on this.

[LonePirate]

4. Article says he was fully vaccinated.

[ret5hd]

7. Then they should have tossed an unvac'd covid patient to the curb.

Provide said person with a quart of bleach, a butt-plug UV light, and some horse paste.

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. A willfully ignorant anti-vax MAGAt should have been booted out

and the bed disinfected while people like this are on their way.

They made their stupid choice, it's past time to give them their preferred bottle of livestock med and send them out the door to get out of the way for people with actual emergency needs.

[RicROC]

5. These full hospitals, even at 90% capacity, should refer unvax'd

patients to the local veterinarians for treatment.

[RicROC]

6. Now that would be an interesting new state law....

for the short term, give veterinarians a medical license to legally treat anti-vaxer's.
Would that be a carrot or a stick to those unvax'd?


Vet: How's life?

Sick: Ruff

Vet: How does your throat feel?

Sick: Ruff

Vet: What's on your house?

Sick: Ruff

[Doodley]

8. Democratic lawmakers need to be holding a press conference each day, in each state to show that

being unvaccinated or not wearing a mask have consequences that can affect all of us.