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Education Minister Abraham Weintraub joked with the headline of a story about a doctor whose mother-in-law was his patient and died of coronavirus in Ecuador. Published by the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, the report had a doctor’s statement in the title. “‘My mother-in-law was my patient. She died and I couldn’t do anything,’ says the doctor.” Sharing the article on Twitter, the minister wrote: “Another suspicious death …”.
Minutes later, the state deputy Janaina Paschoal (PSL-SP) replied to the minister’s tweet: “Shut up, no idea! You are ashamed of your face and a little respectful of people.
In his newspaper testimony, Dr. Stenio Cevallos talks about the situation in which he lives as a health professional in the country, with UTis overcrowded due to the coronavirus. “My mother-in-law was my patient. My second mother. She passed away. She only went out once, to go to the supermarket. And she never coughed, she had a fever, she felt unwell, we think she was dengue. She became serious, she intubated and in five days she died. I am the head of the UCI and I couldn’t do anything. That was very strong for me, “he reported.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Ecuador has 22,000 cases of covid-19 and 537 deaths. This week, in less than 24 hours, the number of cases exceeding 10,000 more than doubled.
