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| Border Patrol agent hospitalized in Texas with COVID to be relocated after company donates medical transport |
| 2022-02-08 |
| [Fox] A U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agent who contracted COVID-19 while responding to the ongoing immigration crisis at the Texas southern border will be transported closer to home this week after a company donated his medical flight in the wake of the government’s alleged refusal to pay for the trip. Gustavo Medina was deployed from Ohio to Texas on Nov. 14, 2021, and tested positive for the virus only five days later, his wife, Ann Medina, has said. His condition worsened until he was hospitalized in McAllen, Texas, where he was ultimately placed on a ventilator and then, in a medically induced coma. "Gustavo is a fighter, but being so far away from home is taking a toll on the whole family," Ann Medina wrote of her husband in a GoFundMe page seeking support. Ann Medina said the federal government denied her family's request to have her husband transferred to a hospital closer to home in Cleveland, effectively placing the cost and responsibility in their own hands. Ann Medina later spoke about her family’s struggle during a Feb. 1 segment on "Fox & Friends," when she described how she had been searching for a private transport company to bring her husband home. Little did she know, an executive for emergency evacuation services company FocusPoint International was watching at the time and has since arranged for Gustavo Medina to be transported free of charge, the company confirmed. "It seems to me that the US Border Patrol has never been busier along our southern border than it is today, it’s unfortunate that Gustavo contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty, and even more unfortunate that Gustavo’s insurance claim to have him transported back home was denied," Greg Pearson, CEO of FocusPoint International, wrote in an email statement to Fox News. He added: "After hearing Ann’s story, I felt transporting Gustavo back home was the least we could do to show our support, not only for the Medina family, but more broadly for the US Border Patrol and their critical mission along the Southern border." Barring any issues related to hospital bed availability, Gustavo Medina will be transported to West Cleveland’s Regency Hospital in his home state of Ohio on Tuesday to continue his recovery. As of Feb. 2, Gustavo Medina remained on a ventilator but had gradually been improving. The money raised through the family’s GoFundMe page will instead go toward his hospital bills, additional treatments and any necessary house modifications, Ann Medina wrote on Sunday. |
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