Elderly Woman Dies Of Coronavirus By Giving Up Her Respirator

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The coronavirus is leaving thousands of fatalities on the road but also many brave and kind gestures of the human being. So we can define Suzzane Hoylaerts, a 90-year-old woman who, before dying, decided to give up her respirator to younger coronavirus sufferers.

His heroic act cost him his life but saved others. Her case has now gone around the world thanks to her daughter who has decided to share this story as painful as it is beautiful.

I don't want artificial respiration. Save it for younger patients. I have already had a good life,”said the old woman of Belgian origin, as her daughter Judith told the local newspaper Het Lasste Nieuws.

As in Spain and Italy, other European countries such as Belgium are currently experiencing a major collapse in their hospitals that make it practically impossible to have medical supplies for everyone. The woman, sick with pneumonia, preferred to die so that another person could live.

As is the case with all those affected by the coronavirus, his family was unable to fire him due to strict security measures to prevent the spread. "I couldn't say goodbye nor can I go to his funeral," her daughter said sadly. A clear example of love and humanity that gives us back our faith. Rest in peace.