A 41-year-old businesswoman who was suffering from multiple organ failure is among the three latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) fatalities that were reported by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in a statement yesterday.
The Ministry disclosed that three more persons died after contracting COVID-19. Two were identified as a 64-year-old male from Region Four and a 58-year-old male from Region One, while the third was identified as a 41-year-old female also from Region Four.
The female fatality was identified as Michelle DePeana, who operated a boutique – My Michelle Boutique – in Bel Air Park.
According to her husband, Ray DePeana, at the time his wife was hospitalised she was not displaying any COVID-19-related symptoms but he acknowledged that she was experiencing multi-organ failure prior to being hospitalised at Woodlands Hospital.
He disclosed that DePeana was taking antibiotics to treat her condition but after her hands began swelling and she began experiencing difficulty breathing, she was admitted to the Woodlands Hospital where she spent 10 days. “She was experiencing multi-organ failure, her kidneys were failing and her lungs were filling up with water,” he said.
“Upon admission to Woodlands she would’ve been treated and she was not fully well but she was discharged after the 10 days,” he said, before explaining that she was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where she was tested for COVID-19 upon arrival.
The tests results indicated that DePeana was suffering from COVID-19 and she was placed in the COVID-19 ICU where she also spent 10 days on a ventilator. Since her hospitalisation, Ray said they had not spoken to her due to the severity of her condition.
Ray revealed that his wife died on Tuesday night in the COVID-19 ICU.
He added that he and their son were tested for the disease but both of their results came back negative.
