A 22-year-old Argentine girl dies of COVID after waiting on the floor of a hospital

Argentina is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus, with collapsed hospitals and the death toll on the rise, the case of Lara Arreguiz has gone around the world. The image of a 22-year-old girl lying on the hospital floor covered with a jacket has crossed all borders. Lara was not treated on time, despite her 22 years she had a previous pathology, she was diabetic, so she was one of the risk groups for coronavirus. His death has shocked the whole of Argentina. A 22-year-old Argentine girl dies of COVID after waiting on the floor of a hospital 📌 # Alert | Santa Fe: He was 22 years old and died of COVID after waiting for a bed lying in the corridor of the Iturraspe Hospital Lara Arreguiz was insulin dependent and died in just one week It is the most visible face of the health collapse in that province. She was studying Veterinary medicine pic.twitter.com/jyxjmTTnun – Martín Suárez (@MDSuarez) May 24, 2021Despite all the efforts made by Lara Arreguiz to avoid contagion, she ended up testing positive in a PCR. The young woman felt unwell, did not hesitate for a second and went to the nearest hospital. At 22 years old, he is one of the risk groups as he has a previous pathology, diabetes, so this virus can affect him more aggressively. On May 13, Lara and her parents went to the Protomedic Center of Santa Fe. When they arrived they told the family that there were no beds available, so they had to wait in a wheelchair. The young woman got worse at times, her parents decided to do everything they could and moved to another hospital to get a doctor to treat their daughter. She arrived at the Iturriaspe Hospital and there, according to her mother to La Nación: “They told us no there were beds.She felt very sick and told me that she was going to pass out. He told me that he wanted to lie down, he settled down on the floor and I put a jacket on him ». Seeing his daughter wasted away by this virus destroyed an entire family and left its mark on an entire country. The situation in Argentine hospitals is dramatic, breaking the record of 75,000 deaths due to the pandemic. Lara was finally treated, but it was too late. They intubated her and within a few hours she ended up dying of bilateral pneumonia. The young woman made signs that she was drowning, but still, no one attended to her. Argentina is experiencing a new wave of coronavirus, it is one of the countries that has applied the most restrictions, has the record of confinement and is administering the available vaccines. It currently has 5% of the population vaccinated and has a collapsed health system, without personnel or means to care for patients like Lara.