{"id":36467,"date":"2020-04-29T03:39:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T03:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=36467"},"modified":"2020-04-29T03:39:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T03:39:03","slug":"a-detroit-healthcare-worker-died-after-reportedly-being-denied-coronavirus-testing-4-times-from-the-hospital-she-worked-at-for-31-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=36467","title":{"rendered":"A Detroit healthcare worker died after reportedly being denied coronavirus testing 4 times from the hospital she worked at for 31 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static2.businessinsider.com\/image\/5ea667200fc639585003b033-2000\/2020-04-14t193703z1845570099rc2j4g9ejg50rtrmadp3health-coronavirus-usa.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"An ambulance pulls into the DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital emergency entrance amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Detroit, Michigan, on April 14.\" \/>Emily Elconin\/ Reuters<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> Deborah Gatewood died as a result of pneumonia last week after reportedly being refused coronavirus testing on four separate occasions by the hospital she worked at for 31   years. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/beaumont-worker-turned-away-4-times-with-covid-19-symptoms-before-dying\">Fox 2 Detroit<\/a>, the 63 -year-old phlebotomist first went to Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills on March 18 and requested a coronavirus exam, but was sent home.<\/p>\n<p> She inspected research hospitals three more hours as her precondition worsened but was reportedly denied testing each time. She died at Sinai-Grace Hospital on April 20. Her daughter, Kaila Corrothers, told Fox 2 Detroit: &#8220;The fact that she got infected by do the job she did for 31   times and she couldn&#8217;t get taken care of by her &#8220;families &#8220;, necessitating Beaumont, it&#8217;s sad. It is disheartening to say the least.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/?hprecirc-bullet?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\" data-analytics-module=\"summary_bullets\" data-analytics-post-depth=\"0\">Visit Insider&#8217;s homepage for more stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 63 -year-old healthcare worker was reportedly denied coronavirus testing four times from the hospital where &#8220;shes working&#8221; before she died, despite exhibiting worsening symptoms related to the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Gatewood squander 31   years working at Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills, in Detroit, as a phlebotomist.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/detroit-healthcare-worker-died-denied-testing-four-times-2020-4?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">See the rest of the narrative at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOW WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/melissa-maker-clean-your-home-quickly-cleaning-expert-2017-4?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">A cleaning expert uncovers her 3-step method for cleansing your entire home speedily<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See Also \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/pandemic-outbreak-studies-sars-virus-ferrets-scientists-fight-covid-19-2020-4?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">How studies on everything from monkeys and ferrets to mice, &#8220;cat-o-nine-tails&#8221;, and puppies are helping researchers in the fight against the coronavirus crisis<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/andrew-cuomo-says-frontline-workers-should-get-50-percent-bonus-2020-4?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Cuomo calls on the federal government to provide hazard pay to frontline laborers: &#8216;Give them a 50% bonus&#8217;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/coronavirus-pandemic-financial-strain-force-could-doctors-close-offices-2020-4?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Financial strain from the coronavirus pandemic could force doctors to sell their practises or even close their doorways permanently<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=l-P6_BB9uB0:Jewmqj_bjRQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=l-P6_BB9uB0:Jewmqj_bjRQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=l-P6_BB9uB0:Jewmqj_bjRQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=l-P6_BB9uB0:Jewmqj_bjRQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=l-P6_BB9uB0:Jewmqj_bjRQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=l-P6_BB9uB0:Jewmqj_bjRQ:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=l-P6_BB9uB0:Jewmqj_bjRQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=l-P6_BB9uB0:Jewmqj_bjRQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~4\/l-P6_BB9uB0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~3\/l-P6_BB9uB0\/detroit-healthcare-worker-died-denied-testing-four-times-2020-4\">feedproxy.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Elconin\/ Reuters Deborah Gatewood died as a result of pneumonia last week after reportedly being refused coronavirus testing on four separate occasions by the hospital she worked at for 31 years. According to Fox 2 Detroit, the 63 -year-old phlebotomist first went to Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills on March 18 and requested a coronavirus &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20841,7826,19270,10069,14239,16349,20842,15998],"class_list":["post-36467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-denied","tag-detroit","tag-died","tag-hospital","tag-testing","tag-times","tag-worked","tag-years"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/5ea66c584bca6367e512f9331588131544.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}