Leonardo Sánchez Martínez was afraid of seeing seven family members die in a unit of intensive care (UCI) for covid-19 made him last until the end of reaching one gusset looking for medical care.
When he got sick, also because of him virus, decided to stay home in Santa Marta, despite the symptoms becoming more and more serious every day.
Leonardo was sure that with his own strength and a natural treatment He was recommended in the neighborhood, he will be able to endure havoc of coronavirus on your body.
However, nothing worked for him and, although he struggled and endured for two weeks, the virus led to his death at just 43 years old.
death was recorded last Monday, April 12, at 6 p.m. Body He was lying on the bed in his room, from where he was removed from the health authority only two days later.
A death that could have been avoided
His brother Jaime Alberto Sánchez Martínez, in the midst of the pain that overwhelmed him because he lost eight of his family members dearest, he thinks Leonardo might have survived receiving timely medical care in a center health.
“He was a young, healthy, healthy person who had the desire and strength to live many more years,” he recalls.
He regretted that nothing and no one could make Leonardo change his own opinionNot even in his most critical moment, that, contrary to the request for help, all he wanted was to be left alone.
“She overcame several episodes in which she was short of breath and suffocated.
There were days when he woke up better, that’s why I thought he would improve, unfortunately his health became complicated and he had nothing to do “, says Jaime.
Leonardo feared going through the same suffering as his other relatives in an intensive care unit. It wasn’t for less; in a year of pandemic, this disease took his grandmother, at three uncles, From cousins and brother.
“There are 8 relatives who left painfully because of this virus that does not distinguish anything. My brother did not want to go to the clinic because our relatives were intubated and later died, which scared him. He preferred to die at home, “Sanchez said.
Jaime says that what happens to his family is like a horror movie because of the successive deaths and social stigma he now had to endure because he had his lifeless brother in the house for a few days.
“Neighbors in the urbanization, despite the tragedy we faced because of this new loss, attacked and insulted us because Leonardo’s body had been in the room for more than 32 hours and we did not know what to do,” adds Jaime , who lived in the same house.
Only until Wednesday (April 14) morning, officials Secretary of Health They assisted the request and transferred the body to the morgue to apply the protocols.
“My relatives did not pay attention to this virus, they did not take care of themselves, they thought it was harmless; My brother, although he already knew how dangerous he was, did not take care of him properly and he was not saved either. All this tragedy should serve as an example for the whole world, so that they can take care of themselves and never hesitate to go to a clinic, because only in this way there are possibilities to be saved “, said Jaime Sánchez.