Community Activist Can't Get Care for COVID-19 Damaged Heart Due to Positive Tests
A community activist who tested positive for COVID-19 in early May needs surgery because of how the disease impacted his heart, but cracks in the healthcare system left him without the care he needs.
Ron Weiss, 76, was symptom-free when he tested positive for the coronavirus, but soon he felt the impact. The virus attacked his heart, and Southern Maryland Hospital sent him to Washington Hospital Center in D.C.
“He had started there; they had no room for him. So they sent him to Southern Maryland, which is a step down,” said his wife, Georgette. “It's a lower tier hospital, and that didn't work, so he was back to Washington Hospital Center.”
Almost 70 days later, Weiss is in BridgePoint Nursing and Rehab on Capitol Hill for physical therapy to prepare him for open heart surgery due to the damage from COVID-19. But although he doesn’t have symptoms, he continues to test positive for the coronavirus, so he wasn’t getting therapy, which means no surgery.
Read more: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/community-activist-cant-get-care-for-covid-19-damaged-heart-due-to-positive-tests/2357278/
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