Egyptian adventure icon and mountaineer Omar Samra announced on Tuesday that his older sister Rania had passed away and that the cause of her death was suspected to be COVID-19. In two emotional social media posts, Samra revealed the struggles his family faced to secure appropriate medical assistance for Rania. “In the last two days before her passing, we could not find one hospital bed for her. We were told that those with special needs, especially those with severe mental [disability] need to be treated at home. That her trained care takers would not be allowed in with her,” wrote Samra on Facebook. “I don’t know if a hospital would have saved her life, but I know that she should have gotten better care and medicine should have been more readily available. Shame on every person who is taking advantage of the misery of others by selling medicine and hospital beds at multiples of their original price. They should be punished to the full extent of the law.” Samra called on the Egyptian government to immediately develop protocols for special needs cases. View this post on Instagram (Part…
‘We Couldn’t Find One Hospital Bed For Her’: Egyptian Adventurer Omar Samra’s Sister Dies of COVID-19
June 3, 2020
