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Alabama man dies of cardiac event after 43 hospitals with full ICUs turned him away
yahoo news ^ | Fri, September 10, 2021 | Hadley Hitson

Posted on 09/10/2021 7:30:26 PM PDT by entropy12

Hadley Hitson, Montgomery Advertiser Fri, September 10, 2021, 6:30 PM·1 min read The family of a man who died of heart issues in Mississippi is asking people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 after 43 hospitals across three states were unable to accept him because of full cardiac ICUs.

Ray Martin DeMonia died last week in Meridian, Mississippi. He was three days shy of his 74th birthday and a well-known native in Cullman, Alabama, his family said.

DeMonia suffered from a cardiac event, and emergency staff at Cullman Regional Medical Center had to bring him to the nearest available bed, which was nearly 200 miles away at a Mississippi hospital.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alabama; cardiac; coronavirus; covid; covid19; flubras; flubros; justacold; justtheflu
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To: Jonty30

Of course they can. His fellow taxpayers must be punished for this outrage.


21 posted on 09/10/2021 7:39:40 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: entropy12

Any floating hospitals seen off the Gulf? How about Lake Michigan? Lake Eire?
Name all 43.


22 posted on 09/10/2021 7:39:41 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: entropy12

I’m going to guess that there are many beds available, but due to the political nature of this pandemic they can’t maintain an adequate staff.

On top of that we have an untrustworthy press, so when there actually is a fire in a theatre no one believes them. They are the ones that discredited themselves.


23 posted on 09/10/2021 7:40:00 PM PDT by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: Skywise

They are firing staff for refusing the shot.


24 posted on 09/10/2021 7:40:36 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: entropy12

Wow, I’m sort of surprised to see this here. I actually know his sister, she has the same breed dog I do and we compete at the same events so I consider her a friend. I and others watched as the family tried over and over to get him into a hospital close to home. She even reached out to people on social media asking for ideas.

He was finally admitted to one I believe 200 miles from home and passed a couple of days later.


25 posted on 09/10/2021 7:41:09 PM PDT by luckodeirish (The Land of the Free-Because of the Brave!!!!!!!)
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To: entropy12

This kind of thing never would have happened if Congress passed Obamacare!

Oh wait...


26 posted on 09/10/2021 7:41:38 PM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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To: entropy12

so not one of those places had an open BED???

an ICU bed isn’t necessary to ADMIT somebody if yo have an OPEN BED!!!

you give what care you can.


27 posted on 09/10/2021 7:41:47 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: entropy12

LoL, 43 hospitals. The more I read these silly propaganda stories, the more I’m convinced they should all start with, “Dear Penthouse…”


28 posted on 09/10/2021 7:42:07 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: eeriegeno

In a couple of days after the hoopla dies down, they’ll quietly produce their retraction. We’ve seen this two or three times in the past week or so. One similar horse crap story out of Idaho, one out of Oklahoma. I call BS on this one too.


30 posted on 09/10/2021 7:42:39 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: entropy12
You just knew the propagandists had to have it in there someplace.

"In his obituary, DeMonia’s family urged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.".

31 posted on 09/10/2021 7:42:43 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Texas Eagle

For less severe hospitalizations, we use the average Medicare payment for respiratory infections and inflammations with major comorbidities or complications in 2017, which was $13,297. For more severe hospitalizations, we use the average Medicare payment for a respiratory system diagnosis with ventilator support for greater than 96 hours, which was $40,218. Each of these average payments was then increased by 20% to account for the add-on to Medicare inpatient reimbursement for patients with COVID-19 that was included in the CARES Act.1

Before accounting for the 20% add on, Medicare payments are about half of what private insurers pay on average for the same diagnoses. In the absence of this new proposed policy, many of the uninsured would typically be billed based on hospital charges, which are the undiscounted “list prices” for care and are typically much higher than even private insurance reimbursement.

Based on the above, we estimate total payments to hospitals for treating uninsured patients under the Trump administration policy would range from $13.9 billion to $41.8 billion. At the top end of the range, payments on behalf of the uninsured would consume more than 40% of the $100 billion fund

https://www.kff.org/uninsured/issue-brief/estimated-cost-of-treating-the-uninsured-hospitalized-with-covid-19/


32 posted on 09/10/2021 7:43:08 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: SIDENET

Yes, I smell BS too.


33 posted on 09/10/2021 7:44:45 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: BradyLS

My local hospital has tried to place ICU patients at 30+ hospitals without success. This is in WA state and Northern Idaho.


34 posted on 09/10/2021 7:44:50 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: entropy12

Is that an SEC record?


35 posted on 09/10/2021 7:44:50 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: entropy12

You know, a lot of people buy into this crap.


36 posted on 09/10/2021 7:45:32 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (I'm a nationalist.I'm white.How does that make me racist?)
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To: Texas Eagle
How much money are ICUs getting these days for Covid “patients”?

On the same line, how much money was pushed to health care providers to build capacity over the past 18 months? How many more beds could have been available if those big hospitals offered big bonuses for CNAs, LPNs, and people off the streets to train up as RNs?

37 posted on 09/10/2021 7:46:10 PM PDT by jz638
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To: entropy12

I live in Huntsville, Alabama, about 40 miles from Cullman.

Story is total bunk.


38 posted on 09/10/2021 7:46:20 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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To: entropy12

They had a year and a half to prepare to provide adequate care for people during the pandemic and they failed


39 posted on 09/10/2021 7:47:05 PM PDT by BusterDog
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To: entropy12

I truly hope all those Northeasterners and Californians are paying attention. The South and Texas are horrid places to live!! All these people should stay out and continue to live in safe places like New Jersey and California.

The life you save could be your own. Stay put!!!

For love of God!!! Stay put!!!


40 posted on 09/10/2021 7:47:05 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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