Chaos erupted at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital yesterday as a young woman collapsed at the entrance to the emergency room. “Corona!,” screamed medics, to prevent bystanders from rushing to her side. Tragically, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
The young woman was 40-year-old Rebbetzin Sarah Kot, a mother-of-4 from the neighborhood of Sanhedria Murchevet. Kot had been home sick with corona, and reportedly had not been particularly concerned for her welfare, given that she was young and healthy. Her condition began to worsen, and she rested and attempted to recover at home. When her breathing became more difficult on Wednesday afternoon, she was rushed to the hospital, where she died before she was able to receive treatment. It was discovered after her death that she was suffering from an unknown case of heart disease.
A member of the staff at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital spoke to reporters last night, calling on the public to learn a lesson from Rebbetzin Kot’s passing. “Do not linger at home,” they warned, as the nature of severe COVID cases is to have a relatively stable period followed by a sudden deterioration, and sometimes, death.
Rebbetzin Kot’s husband, Rabbi Binyamin Kot, learns in the Mir yeshiva. The Mir community was shaken by the tragic loss. “Everyone loved her,” reads emotional Chesed Fund text, “but none more than the four children she left behind.”
Donations are being urgently collected to help the Kot family pay their basic bills, as they relied on the Rebbetzin’s teaching waves to survive. Now incapacitated by grief, they have lost not only the foundation of their family, but their financial security as well. They sit their shiva in isolation, with no guests to console them.
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