Detroit health care worker dies after being denied coronavirus test 4 times, daughter says.
"They said she wasn't severe enough and that they weren't going to test her," said Corrothers, Gatewood's only child."They told her to just go home and rest."
Gatewood drove to the hospital again March 21 because her fever had spiked, Corrothers said. On that visit, she said her mother was told that she most likely had COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, but was still not tested.On March 27, Corrothers went to her mother's house and found her in bed. She was not responding when Corrothers called her name."My husband and I got her ready," Corrothers said.
Corrothers said what bothers her most is that her mother was not treated well at the hospital where she worked for 31 years. She hopes that people do not get discouraged from seeking help the way her mother did after being turned away multiple times.
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