And the medical profession wonders why public trust is down there with lawyers, politicians, and journalists. From Rose Williams at 2ndsmartestguyintheworld.substack.com:
Left: David Dentz during his COVID-19 hospitalization. Right: A poster from the “Save Dave” protest outside of Methodist Hospital. (Photos provided to Alpha News)
One man’s family took his care into their own hands when he was hospitalized with COVID-19. As a result, they believe they may have saved his life.
Shannon Fletcher, daughter of David Dentz, spoke with Liz Collin this week to share her dad’s story and long battle with COVID.
Dentz was hospitalized with COVID-19 for 208 days, one of the longest COVID stays in the state. Not until his family began slipping him ivermectin did his health begin to look up, Fletcher said.
Early days
Dentz’s own father was hospitalized with COVID-19 in the fall of 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids. A week after testing positive, Richard Dentz was admitted and subsequently told he wasn’t going to make it.
Although visitors were not allowed at that time, Fletcher insisted she be let in to see her dying grandfather, and she was shocked at his condition.
“It looked like he had been left for dead,” she said. “He had been there for about 24 hours, had not been fed, had not been moved.”
Her family was eventually approved to stay with him 24/7, so she and her siblings took turns staying with him. They were pressured to put him on a ventilator, so they did. Six days later, doctors said he needed to be unplugged from life support. He died due to organ failure and COVID pneumonia in November 2021.
