Covid Patients in Summit County Utah just might be Republicans

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“Last year when patients came in, they had fear in their eyes. They looked to us for hope and help, and we provided that to them,” Province said. “And this time, we’re not being treated as ‘heroes.’ Rather than hope, we’re seeing hate in their eyes.”

Province, the medical director at Park City Hospital, described an overburdened intensive care unit that was expected to hit 150% utilization in coming weeks. He described patients hospitalized with COVID-19, more than 90% of whom are unvaccinated, doubting they have the disease, demanding certain treatments and sometimes violently resisting caregivers whom they believe want to do them harm.

We had a gal who came in whose oxygen levels were critically low, to the point where she could nearly die if we didn’t give her oxygen. And as our nurses went to her aid to put on oxygen, to put in an IV and try to stabilize her, she being COVID-positive, spit in our nurse’s face, kicked our nurse in the chest with her foot and scratched all the technicians and everyone else that were coming in to try to put in an IV,” Province said.

He credited nurses and doctors for “turning the other cheek” and said many nurses — up to 20% in some places — had abandoned the career path as the pandemic enters its 19th month.

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Province said some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 believe caregivers stand to gain financially by diagnosing them with COVID-19, or that caregivers seek to inject them with microchips.

He said one patient’s family was suing Intermountain Healthcare after the patient left the hospital against medical advice because caregivers refused to give him a specific medicine he asked for, Ivermectin.

Province said physicians use Ivermectin generally to treat parasites and that 21 professional societies are recommending against its use for COVID-19.

“Merck, the pharmaceutical company who produces this, who stands to make billions of dollars on this medicine, has come out and said ‘Do not use this medicine for the treatment of COVID-19,’ and we have individuals who are coming in and insisting that they receive it,” Province said.

He said that not all unvaccinated patients are skeptical of or resistant to care, but he said that for those that are, their family members are often similarly inclined and tend to ignore mask requirements or limited visitation rules.

He said the Park City Police Department has offered to visit the hospital to de-escalate any situation if necessary.