4PM UPDATE: Hospital safety in Florida

Hospitals are safe places to be, and if you need urgent medical attention, you shouldn't be afraid to go to one.

WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5QUESADA SPOKE WITH A JUPITERWOMAN WHO SAYS ITHER HUSBAND SURVIVED A MASSIHEART ATTACK.<< WHEN JOSY CARTLAND DROPPEDOFF HER HUSBAND BRIAN AT THEEMERGENCY ROOM AT PALM BEACHGARDENS MEDICAL CENTER& SHEDIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THELAST TIME SHE'D SEE HIM& 2:00YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT PEOPLENEVER SEEING THEIR LOVED ONEAGAIN AND I'M LIKE THATS THELAST PLACE YOU WANT TO GO ANDDROP OFF YOUR LOVED ONE IT WASTHOSE FEARS THAT KEPT HER ANDBRIAN FROM GOING TO THEHOSPITAL& FOR 14 HOURS BRIANEXPERIENCED SEVERE NAUSEA ANDWEAKNESS& JOSY CALLED A NURSE- AND HER ADVICE TO GO TO THEE-R MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE&3:20 IT WAS THEN THAT THEDOCTOR PULLED ME TO THE SIDE -AND HE SAID MRS. CARTLANDTHANK YOU FOR BRINGING HIM INHE SAID I JUST WANT YOU TOKNOW WE HAVE TO RUSH RIGHT NOWWE NEED TO GO SAVE YOURHUSBAND'S LIFE RIGHT NOW WEDON'T HAVE TIME IF YOU WOULDHAVE WAITED ANY LONGER HEWOULDN'T BE HERE BRIANSUFFERED WHAT'S KNOWN AS AWIDOW MAKER HEART ATTACK & DR.ERIC LIEBERMAN IS THE MEDICALDIRECTOR OF CARDIOLOGY FORTENET HEALTH SAYS THEY ARESEEING THIS ALL TOO OFTEN-CRITICAL PATIENTS DELAYINGMEDICAL CARE BECAUSE OF FEARSOF COVID-19.

6:53 I AM NTRYING TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTSOF COVID THIS IS A SERIOUSVIRUS THIS IS NOT THE FLU WENEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT WE'REDEALING WITH BUT FEAR OF COVIDIS DRIVING A LOT OFUNNECESSARY COMPLICATIONS WITHPEOPLE STAYING AT HOME ANDFRANKLY OF UNNECESSARY DEATHSTHREE WEEKS NOW IN THEHOSPITAL - BRIAN IS RECOVERINGFROM OPEN HEART SURGERY JOSYCAN'T WAIT TO BRING HIM HOMETHIS WEEK.

THEY REALIZED THEIRFEARS ALMOST COST BRIAN HISLIFE& MICHELLE QUESADA WPTVNEWSCHANNEL 5.