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A young American doctor died of covid-19, in Texas, after wearing the same protective mask for “weeks and weeks, if not months.”
Adeline Fagan, 28, tested positive for the new coronavirus in early July and had to be hospitalized for two months, following severe symptoms of the infection, where she died on September 19.
According to Adeline’s sister, The Guardian, the doctor had been working in the emergency room of the Houston hospital in Texas and was reusing protective equipment “day after day due to shortages.”
Although the origin of the contagion that ended up victimizing the young doctor is not clear, the lack of protective equipment has been a key factor in the death of health professionals in the United States.
Adeline is one of 250 healthcare professionals who died in the southern and western United States, hot spots of the COVID-19 pandemic during the summer, reveals a study by The Guardian and Kaiser Health News.
In the country as a whole, 12 doctors under the age of 30 have already died, according to the same study. The average age of death from COVID-19 among American healthcare professionals is 57, compared to 78 for the general population, and in one-third of cases, death is related to a lack of medical equipment. adequate protection.
In recent months, the American Nurses Union has denounced the same hospital where Adeline worked for “willful violation” of workplace safety protocols, including forcing the infected team to continue working.
Following this shortage of equipment, Adeline’s sister says the doctor “he had an N95 mask with his name written on it”.
Adeline wore the same mask for weeks and weeks, if not months and months ”, Denuciou a relative.
According to CNN, which quotes the doctor’s family, Adeline had a history of asthma, respiratory illnesses and pneumonia.
