Beloved NYC teacher dies of coronavirus after twice being turned away for testing
BROOKLYN — The sister of Brooklyn social studies teacher Rana Zoe Mungin announced on Twitter Monday that the 30-year-old teacher lost her fight against COVID-19, more than six weeks after she first developed a fever.
“It is with a heavy heart that I have to inform you all that my sister, Rana Zoe, has passed away today at 12:25 p.m. due to COVID-19 complications,” Mia Mungin wrote. “She fought a long fight but her body was too weak.”
Mia Mungin — a registered nurse — had lobbied to get the best care possible for her sister, who had underlying medical conditions like asthma and hypertension.
The teacher was turned away from an emergency room twice after developing fever, before she was finally admitted to Brookdale Hospital on March 20.
She was quickly intubated and put on a ventilator, an attempted life-saving measure that has unfortunately not worked for 88 percent of the COVID-19 patients put on one.
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