New York City (AP)– As the coronavirus bore down on New York, Dr. Doug Bass’ household pled him to work from home. He declined, pointing to his patients at Phoenix House, an alcohol and drug treatment center where he served as medical director.
” He said he was on the front lines and they needed him,” his bro, Jonathan Bass, told The Associated Press. “A lot of individuals relied on him.”
Bass, 64, died suddenly last month after suffering symptoms typically triggered by coronavirus, including coughing, a fever and serious stomach cramping. That made him possibly the very first doctor still dealing with patients in New York City to die from the disease triggered by the coronavirus.
Except he wasn’t counted.
It took place so quickly he was never tested for COVID-19, however his brother thinks he was amongst the hundreds of undiagnosed cases that, for weeks, have actually been omitted from the official coronavirus death toll.
Mayor Expense de Blasio said Wednesday the city would start counting victims like Bass who weren’t checked, consisting of those passing away at home whose symptoms fit certain specifications.
” It’s simply horrendous. The numbers speak for themselves. This utilized to be an extremely, extremely unusual thing in New York City and all of a sudden it’s jumped up. The only thing that’s changed is COVID- 19,” de Blasio told reporters.
A year earlier, the New York City Fire Department was receiving an average of 64 requires heart attack daily, typically without any more than half of those patients passing away, FDNY representative James Long stated. “Now, i