A Florida nurse, who was treating coronavirus patients, has died, and her husband believes it’s because she wasn’t given proper protective equipment.
Danielle DiCenso, 33, a traveling nurse, began experiencing symptoms two weeks after working long shifts at Palmetto General Hospital in Miami, according to the Miami Herald.
“She showed up for work one day, and they didn’t have a mask for her,” her husband, David DiCenso, told news station WPLG.
After taking a COVID-19 test, her results came up inconclusive and she decided to self-isolate at home.
Despite having no underlying conditions, her symptoms began to get progressively worse.
“It was a rough four- or five-day struggle between that,” her husband said. “Her fever spiked, it came on in waves.”
On April 9th, David found his wife dead inside their home.
“Just by looking at her, I knew that she wasn’t her lively self,” David added. “She looked so peaceful. She looked like she just went in her sleep.”
Understandably, he is angry and torn up that their son never got a chance to say goodbye to his mother.
"I'm very mad, I'm very upset," he said. "My 4-year-old son's not gonna have a mother."
He is also adamant that the hospital failed to keep his wife and other healthcare workers safe.
“I know for a fact that my wife would still be here right now if she was given the proper protective equipment,” he told WTCJ.
In response, Palmetto General Hospital provided the following statement:
“Nurses are provided appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in compliance with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines. We are very focused on minimizing staff exposures in our hospitals. All employees at our hospital are temperature checked upon arrival, wear a mask during patient care and are required to notify employee health if they become symptomatic.”
DiCenso's loved ones have started a GoFundMe campaign to help raise money for her funeral costs and her son's college funds.
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