Somerville Police Raising Money For Officer Battling Coronavirus

SOMERVILLE, MA — Somerville Police Officer Ozzy Martinez has been in the hospital for more than a month now battling coronavirus.

“He was feeling pressure on his chest. He couldn’t breathe. He was coughing a lot,” his wife, Sheyla Martinez, told WBZ-TV.

She brought her husband to the emergency room and he was put on a ventilator right away. For two weeks, his condition stayed the same. On week three, he took a turn for the worse.

“Doctors didn’t know if he was going to survive,” Sheyla said. “It was very stressful. I was just crying every day.”

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