North Carolina man pleads for people to get vaccinated after his wife’s hospital stay cut short :: WRAL.com

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Mooresville, North Carolina – North Carolina man advocates for people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after saying his wife’s hospital stay was cut short due to excess patients and lack of bedrooms.

Jason Arena’s wife had stage 4 breast cancer. According to Arena, he took her to the hospital for treatment because she had severe symptoms, including difficulty breathing due to excess fluid in the lungs and with jaundice.

Arena said they arrived at the hospital at 4:30 a.m. but had to wait four hours to be seen. “They put her on an oxygen mask and she sat in a wheelchair for four hours in the waiting room,” he said.

Once his wife was treated in the emergency room, the doctors did a great job, Arena said, but due to a surplus of COVID-19 patients, his wife did not have her own hospital room until late. in the night.

After a night in the hospital, Arena said his wife was released even though she was still uncomfortable.

“They are in a position where they need to get people out,” he said.

Arena said his wife suffered at home for two days as he tried to get her on an outpatient appointment. She later died.

“It hit me hard because she was not comfortable,” he said, criticizing people who are not vaccinated and those who are skeptical of the existence of the virus for ” to have run to the hospital and put everyone in danger “.