05/23/2021 5:27 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 05/23/2021 5:27 AM
Carlos Nievas, is 64 years old, and since Monday he presents
a serious picture
of coronavirus.
After visiting all the private clinics in the city of Neuquén without luck, his family managed to admit him to the Bouquet Roldán hospital, where with an oxygen tube, he
waits for an intensive therapy bed
.
According to Norma, his wife, Nievas, worked for the Nequén province police for 27 years and when she retired from the force, she was diagnosed with high blood pressure and later diabetes.
On April 24, due to his age and risk condition, he
received the first dose of the
coronavirus
vaccine
.
"We were at home all year, we took care of ourselves and we did not go out at all," said Norma, who suspects that her husband was infected with coronavirus during the vaccination day.
Almost on the verge of tears, the woman told the newspaper La Mañana del Sur that after being vaccinated, her husband "
began to have a lot of cough
and after a few days he stopped eating, he said he was not hungry."
During a consultation with his family doctor, the professional advised him to undergo a swab, which confirmed the positive diagnosis of coronavirus and indicated home isolation.
"He stayed in a room upstairs and we in the rooms downstairs," explained Norma, who lives with her husband and has four children.
"On Monday he began to have trouble breathing, he could no longer go upstairs so he stayed downstairs with us," Norma said.
The truth is that Nievas' situation worsened and the family began unsuccessfully looking for clinics to admit him.
Norma clarified that her husband has social work, he has the Police mutual, but after 27 years of working for the government, he feels that
"they left him lying down
.
"
Given the lack of care in private centers, the family decided to call the province's emergency service, which finally transferred him to the Bouquet Roldán Hospital.
"The doctors do everything to help him, they have him with an oxygen tube, but
they cannot refer him to intensive care
," the woman explained.
Nievas is one of
32 patients in the province who are waiting for a bed
in intensive care units.
Doctors clarify that just a few hours pass between the moment a patient recovers or dies and the arrival of a new one affected by the deadly virus who needs a respirator.
"They prefer to save the life of a person in their 30s or 40s and
those over 60 are left to die,
" the woman cried on the brink of despair.
His daughter, meanwhile, commented that her father "has bilateral pneumonia, has both lungs heavily taken and continues to test positive for Covid."
Despite his critical condition, doctors at the hospital told him that "he will
not be assigned a respirator
because of his age."
"My father is in the hospital ward but not connected to a respirator, they assigned him to a 30-year-old boy, they are choosing young people," revealed the daughter, who tearfully added:
"They are denying him the right to live "
.
The young woman recalled the despair she felt when she saw her father scared before intubation, when he knew there were no beds available.
"They are letting my dad die, why do I have to accept it?" He complained.
However, Carlos Nievas is not the only case, since another 31 Neuquén with severe coronavirus pictures are waiting for a place in intensive care.
In the last 24 hours, Neuquén reported 664 new cases and 9 deaths were registered, with 100 percent occupation of intensive care beds in the province.
GRB
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