Severely Ill COVID Patient Moved 1,000 Miles After Doctors Threaten To Turn Off Ventilator

A Minnesota man battling COVID-19 has been transferred to a Texas hospital after a judge ruled that he cannot be taken off life support. Scott Quiner, 55, a father-of-three, contracted COVID-19 in October and was put on a ventilator at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, in November. His wife, Anne Quiner, was reportedly told by doctors that his ventilator would be switched off on Jan. 13 after he suffered lung failure. According to Fox 9, Quiner, who is unvaccinated, was put on a ventilator after his oxygen levels dropped drastically. Anne Quiner sought a restraining order from Anoka County court, claiming that Allina Health, which operates Mercy Hospital, told her that her husband’s life support would be turned off. She wrote in a petition that “my husband will die,” without a judge’s decision. “I have advised the doctors that I vehemently disagree with this action and do not want …  » Read full article