A traveling nurse on assignment in Texas described “horrific” conditions for COVID-19 patients as hospitals reach maximum capacity amid a dramatic surge in local cases.
One of the most shocking claims made by registered nurses Lonanna Rivers about working at the University of El Paso Medical Center is the existence of a room she calls “The Pit,” where the worst covid-positive patients were sent to die with minimal treatment. And limited efforts on resuscitation.
Due to the sheer number of patients in the hospital, she and the other nurses were told everyone had a CPR in “The Peat.” No. Only three rounds were instructed. Before a person is pronounced dead – a significant reduction in the general effort to keep patients alive. .
“I didn’t feel like I saw a lot of people die.” Rivers nine. .. Posted in about 0 minutes Facebook Live Video. “Not one of the codes we had there was a patient that makes it.”
El Paso is one of the most affected cities in Texas, becoming the first state to record more than 100 million cases of COVID-19 last week.
As of Sunday, the city was fighting 32,687 active cases and 762 deaths – forcing authorities to extend the order of municipal lockdown and resorting to using several Morgue trucks to store corpses.
In his video, Rivers also accused the hospital of not aggressively treating Covid-19 patients – and even that some doctors would avoid treating Covid-19 positive patients outright.
He also claimed to have seen preferential treatment for the doctor’s wife, the only surviving COVID-19 on that floor.
“The nurse who was focusing on me was a patient, she was called a ‘VIP’ patient, she was the wife of a doctor cutter,” Rivers said. “They pulled all the stops for that woman – there was nothing they didn’t do for her. And guess what? She was a patient who made it alive from the ICU. ”
In response to Rivers’ allegations, the University Medical Center told the local station KVIA-TV in a statement that although they sympathized with the medical professional, they “could not fully investigate the events expressed.”
“We express our sympathy and sympathy for the difficult, physical and emotional toll that this epidemic has taken on thousands of healthcare workers here and in our country,” the statement said.
“This exclusive travel nurse was brief at UVC, which will help address the growth of El Paso, Covid-19 patients.”
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