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A Heart Patient Died After He Couldn't Get A Cardiac ICU Bed In 43 Hospitals. Now His Family Is Pleading For People To Get Vaccinated
Ray DeMonia died after he was unable to get a cardiac ICU bed in dozens of hospitals, his family said.
September 13, 2021
Ray DeMonia wasn't seeking Covid-19 treatment when he arrived at an Alabama hospital with heart problems.
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But the 73-year-old became an indirect victim of Covid-19 patients filling hospitals and ICU beds.
The cardiac patient from Cullman, Alabama, died in a Mississippi hospital about 200 miles from his home because there were no cardiac ICU beds nearby, his daughter Raven DeMonia told The Washington Post.
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