'My brother didn’t have to die,” Kious Kelly's sister tweeted. “Healthcare providers need Personal Protective Equipment NOW!”
"My brother didn’t have to die,” Kious Kelly's sister tweeted. “Healthcare providers need Personal Protective Equipment NOW!”A 48-year-old assistant nursing supervisor died of coronavirus after working at a hospital where nurses recently criticized the lack of medical supplies in a social media post.
Kious Kelly tested positive for COVID-19 after helping treat patients with coronavirus at New York City’s Mt. Sinai West, and died Tuesday, according to theand his sister. He may be the first nurse in the city to succumb to the illness caused by the coronavirus. Kelly’s sister, Marya Patrice Sherron, blamed her brother’s death on the lack of adequate protective gear for health care workers. “My brotherSherron called her brother’s death “excruciating,” adding: “It’s hard to breathe, I don’t know how to do this.”
Kelly was popular among his heartbroken colleagues, who said he always went the extra mile for the staff and patients. A photograph of three nurses at Kelly’s hospital outfitted in garbage bags — instead of standard medical gear — was recently shared on social media, the New York Post reported. The message has since been removed, but the“NO MORE GOWNS IN THE WHOLE HOSPITAL,” the caption read, according to the Post. “NO MORE MASKS AND REUSING THE DISPOSABLE ONES … NURSES FIGURING IT OUT DURING COVID-19 CRISIS.”Nurses at Mount Sinai West have resorted to wearing trash bags as protective gear.
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