Antonios “Tony” Tsantinis, 68, of East Brookfield died Dec. 10. He had fallen ill just after Thanksgiving and his longtime companion, Angela DiUlio, was sick, too. During a trip to the emergency room, they both tested positive for COVID-19.
They posted on social media Nov. 30, letting people know their business Athens Pizza would be closed, a rare event, due to their positive tests.
Tsantinis was admitted to a hospital in Southbridge after his daughter, Rona Tsantinis-Roy, realized he had become a lot sicker. He needed additional care that the hospital was unable to provide and a search ensued for an available hospital bed.
"They called every hospital within 75 miles," Tsantinis-Roy said, adding that by the time there was a spot for him at a Connecticut hospital, he was too sick to be transferred.
Yet, according to the HHS data, Massachusetts has never been out of available ICU beds.
Why was there a drop in total staffed beds in January 2021 though? Surely doing a pandemic the opposite thing should be occurring no?