Quote from: Local Trouble on Mar 27, 2020, 05:31:36 PM
Teen Who Died of Covid-19 Was Denied Treatment Because He Didn't Have Health Insurance
Quote"He didn't have insurance, so they did not treat him," Parris said in a video posted to YouTube. The staff at the urgent care facility told the teen to try the emergency room at Antelope Valley (AV) Hospital, a public hospital in the area, according to the mayor.
"En route to AV Hospital, he went into cardiac arrest, when he got to AV hospital they were able to revive him and keep him alive for about six hours," Parris said. "But by the time he got there, it was too late."
First, this poor child, this poor family. This is horrible and makes me terribly sad. All of this f*cking sucks.
Now trying to look at this with a calm head, without jumping to conclusions on limited information and making it politically charged, isn't an urgent care just a clinic, and like a doctors office, doesn't admit patients to beds but can do limited treatment like administer vaccines, treat colds and flus, maybe a few stitches? We're talking urgent care clinics, where many are not equipped to treat covid-19? I.E. Wouldn't someone so severe, who needs to get on a respirator and be admitted to a room and be treated, wouldn't they be directed to go to a hospital anyway by a doctor's office or urgent care if they had insurance or not, in a place where insurance doesn't stop you from getting treatment?