Homeless Man Stays in Luxury Hotel – Siren Warning in Sundown Town – Hospital Patient’s Ventilator Unplugged (India)

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/06/coronavirus-homeless-man-allegedly-stayed-in-auckland-covid-19-quarantine-facility-for-two-weeks.html

 

Newshub [New Zealand], 18 June 2020

 

Coronavirus: Homeless man allegedly stayed in Auckland COVID-19 quarantine facility for two weeks

 

A homeless man snuck into a five-star hotel operating as a COVID-19 quarantine facility for new arrivals and stayed there for two weeks, the Opposition's health spokesperson claims. Michael Woodhouse made the shocking new allegation of incompetence against the Ministry of Health to The AM Show on Thursday morning. Although the anecdote is "unverified", he said he obtained the information from an Auckland-based health professional. The "reliable source" told the National Party spokesperson that the homeless man got away with staying in a five-star Auckland hotel, currently operating as a quarantine facility for returned New Zealanders, under the guise of being a new arrival completing his 14 days of mandatory isolation. […]

 

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12342340

 

New Zealand Herald, 23 June 2020

 

Urban myth? CCTV reviewed, staff interviewed and 1700 records traced but no homeless man

 

The Government has formally requested National health spokesman Michael Woodhouse provide more information about the homeless man who allegedly spent two weeks in managed isolation. […]

 

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https://fox8.com/news/controversy-over-vermilion-sirens-seen-as-symbol-of-racism/

 

WJW [Cleveland, OH], 17 June 2020

 

Controversy over Vermilion sirens seen as symbol of racism

 

VERMILION, Ohio (WJW)– Each day, like clockwork, sirens sound at 6 p.m. at the Vermilion Volunteer Fire Department and at Vermilion City Hall as part of a daily test. Mayor Jim Forthofer said the sirens serve as an extra alert for volunteer firefighters, who are also notified about emergency calls on their cell phones and pagers. […] But some Vermilion residents said they grew up believing the city was a so-called “sunset” or “sundown town,” and that the sirens were a warning. The terms are used to describe a racially-segregated communities, where people of color must leave by sunset. […]

 

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https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kota-hospital-ventilator-covid-19-6466969/

 

Indian Express, 19 June 2020

 

Patient dies after family members unplug ventilator to plug in cooler at Kota hospital

 

By PTI | Kota

 

A 40-year-old man died at a government hospital here after his family members allegedly unplugged the ventilator he was on to plug in an air cooler. He was suspected to be suffering from Covid-19 and admitted at ICU in the Maharao Bhim Singh (MBS) Hospital on June 13. […] Since it was very hot in the isolation ward, his family members bought an air cooler the same day. On finding no socket for the cooler, they allegedly unplugged the ventilator but almost half-an-hour later, the ventilator ran out of power. The[y] immediately informed doctors and medical staff, who administered CPR upon the patient, but he died. […]

 

https://in.news.yahoo.com/hospital-staff-clean-chit-patient-193735585.html

 

Yahoo! News India, 20 June 2020

 

Hospital staff get clean chit in patient death case after kin accidentally unplugged ventilator

 

Kota, Jun 20 (PTI) A three-member probe committee, formed to look into the death of a 40-year-old patient after his family members disconnected the ventilator to plug in cooler cable at a hospital here, has given a clean chit to the medical staff. […]