Man dies in Des Moines hospital after staff can't find ICU room in Nebraska ('We called 23 different hospitals')

kcci.com ^ | 9/3/21 | Andrew Ozaki

[Roman_War_Criminal]

DES MOINES, Iowa (KETV) — Mark McConnaughey was a guy you could count on for anything, according to his long-time friend and doctor Mike Zaruba.

"If someone was in need, he would drop whatever he was doing, even if he needed to get what he was doing done, and come help," Zaruba said.

KETV reports two weeks ago, when the 57-year-old needed care beyond what the Nemaha County Hospital could provide, Zaruba, a board-certified ER doctor, said they could not find any help available in Nebraska.

"That triggered an inflammatory response through his body that cause multi-organ failure," Zaruba said.

McConnaughey was never tested for COVID-19 but showed many of the signs for COVID according to Zaruba. He said McConnaughey was fully vaccinated.

[dynoman]

“536 deaths among 219,716 confirmed cases in the unvaccinated population since February. This is a case fatality rate of 0.2%.

Whereas 1,091 deaths among 113,823 cases among the fully vaccinated population. This is a case fatality rate of 1%.”

https://theexpose.uk/2021/09/05/latest-phe-report-reveals-the-vaccinated-account-for-70-percent-of-covid-19-deaths-since-february/

[DuncanWaring]

Currently lots of ICU beds in Nebraska.

https://data.hattiesburgamerican.com/covid-19-hospital-capacity/nebraska/31/

I seriously doubt there’s been a massive wave of healings in the last two weeks.

[Bobalu]

I don’t know who that guy is but I assess him as quite robust!

..I went ahead and just assumed the gender...lol

[Captain Peter Blood]

I want proof of this

[neefer]

They think we all all stupid and we need to change this. Fight back!

You're preachin' to the choir. I went to optometrist today. Half way through the exam, I was told masks were still required. I went off. "Does COVID only spread in an office and not at Walmart?" Assistant replied, "But the CDC...." I cut her off, "And if the CDC told you not to go to church?" That's where she drew the line. I threatened to walk out. Don't give me that BS of "Don't shoot the messenger." If you don't want to get shot, don't be the messenger.

[guest7]

“Sounds to me like the vaccine killed him.”

Thats what it sounds like; from his obit:

“After becoming suddenly seriously ill, Mark was life-flighted to Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa because it was the nearest hospital with an open bed. Despite the efforts of doctors and staff, he passed away there on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at the age of 57 years, 8 months, and 1 day”

Also, sounds like he was one wonderful guy. Someone any community would be proud of.

See for yourself, link to Mark’s obituary:
https://www.hemmingsenfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mark-Mcconnaughey/#!/Obituary

[Mr. K]

I call bullsh*t. If an ICU room is not available, you put them in the next best thing.

You don’t just let them die.

[Allegra]

I call BS on these type stories.. they make no sense ans can’t be verified. Right up there with the Oklahoma Ivermectin overdose BS.

+1

[The Great RJ]

Having lived in Des Moines, I can verify that there are two huge hospital chains that operate four separate large hospitals…100+ beds each. There is a fairly large hospitals in Ames plus several smaller hospitals within 50 miles. There are large hospitals in the Cedar Rapids area as well as the University of Iowa hospital all within 150 miles. I find this story that every possible bed was filled in these facilities and it was necessary to look to hospitals in Nebraska 200 miles away to be less than credible

[Captain Peter Blood]

Exactly

[Pajamajan]

What is the MSM lying about or distorting in this story?

Were hospital staff sent home deliberately to cause shortages (Saw a story where a nurse reported this was happening?).

Is something else a factor?

I now assume that just about every story from mainstream media is inaccurate in some way, if not just a flat out lie.

[GingisK]

There was a time when an ICU didn’t have any electronic devices. There was a time when auto mechanics easily fixed cars even though “that port” wasn’t even a gleam in someone’s eye. Have we become too dependent upon electronics?

[P-Marlowe]

I’ll put this story in the same category as the story about Oklahoma hospitals turning away gunshot victims because too many people were hospitalized for horse paste overdoses.

I call BS.

[PAR35]

Des Moines to Grand Island Nebraska 271 miles
Des Moines to Chicago 333 miles
Des Moines to Kansas City 193 miles

Not to mention Iowa City 115 miles
Cedar Rapids 128 miles
Davenport 167 miles.

Doesn’t sound like they tried very hard.

[Sicon]

Now, here's the question, which would give CONTEXT, that you never hear:

What percentage of ICU beds are NORMALLY in use? I'm guessing they don't typically run with more than about 30% of ICU beds free - seems like that would be a waste of money.

A study of ICU occupancy was published in 2014. Over a three year study period, it found that "total ICU occupancy ranged from 57.4% to 82.1% and the number of beds filled with mechanically ventilated patients ranged from 20.7% to 38.9%. There was no change in occupancy across years and no increase in occupancy during influenza seasons."

It concluded the following:

Occupancy of US ICUs was stable over time, but there is uneven distribution across different types and sizes of units. Only three out of ten beds were filled at any time with mechanically ventilated patients, suggesting substantial surge capacity throughout the system to care for acutely critically ill patients.

This was in 2014, long before "COVID". See, this is what you call CONTEXT.

[Dr. Thorne]

This man likely died as a result of the vaccine, not in spite of it. If he injured his shoulder and had any sort of infection, his vaccine-compromised immune system did nothing to stop that infection. It spread throughout his body, leading to his death.

I predict we will be seeing these cases literally by the millions as people's vaccine-compromised immune systems are completely unable to deal with previously ineffectual pathogens. The FedGov and media will say they died from COVID, but they will have died as a result of the vaccine's action of destroying their immune systems.

[texas booster]

Seriously, what is the cost of a 200+ mile Care Flight?

The story just doesn’t make sense as written.

[Luna]

How many days until this story is proven to be less than accurate?

Cry wolf enough times, and nobody believes any news story about Covid. We've been lied to on a mass scale since the pandemic started. If only we had an honest media, honest government, honest CDC, and honest weasel Fauci.

[Clarancebeaks]

Around these parts ER waits are very long but its because our hospitals are so understaffed. People are quitting because of the mandatory jab, or taking jobs at other hospitals for bigger bucks. Theres no shortage of beds, its a shortage of staff. All staff from janitors to RNs.

[faucetman]

The vaccine/jab probably KILLED him. It sure didn’t help him did it?

I love these deniers, “it would have been even WORSE if he weren’t vaccinated”

Worse than DEAD?