RHUH Says Woman who Died in ER Did Not Have Pneumonia

A woman who died Wednesday shortly after arriving at the coronavirus emergency section of the Rafik Hariri University Hospital was not suffering from pneumonia and the result of her coronavirus test will be released on Thursday, RHUH said.

“She was suffering from breathlessness and she died after suffering a severe drop in blood pressure and a heart failure,” the hospital said in a statement, noting that the woman had chronic heart problems according to medical diagnosis.

“A CT scan showed that she was not suffering from pneumonia,” the hospital added.

The woman’s husband had told al-Jadeed that she had arrived at the hospital with a high fever and breathlessness.

Al-Jadeed TV said the woman had chronic hypertension.

Four confirmed coronavirus patients have so far died in Lebanon and the total number of infections has reached 133.