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Fri Dec 17, 2021, 07:23 PM Dec 2021

Workers' compensation law offers bleak future for Wichita nurse who nearly died of COVID-19

By Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector
Published December 17, 2021

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Via Christi Health registered nurse Brian Wilhite interacted a couple times in August 2020 with what was thought to be a hospital patient with routine respiratory issues.

In fact, Wilhite’s patient was extraordinary and would dramatically change his life.

Wilhite wasn’t aware the patient had apparently slipped through the Wichita hospital’s coronavirus screening protocol. By the time it was confirmed the person had contracted COVID-19, Wilhite believes the damage had been done. Wilhite eventually began to experience a tickle in his throat, fever and sweats. He tested positive for the virus. His medical condition nosedived while hospitalized with a ferocity that compelled doctors to conclude he was dying and a candidate for hospice.

https://www.rawstory.com/workers-compensation-law-offers-bleak-future-for-wichita-nurse-who-nearly-died-of-19/

This is just totally wrong in so many ways.....

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