Steve Montoya was a husband, father and grandfather. He was strong and healthy. Rarely ever sick. The Montoya’s became ill in early November. On Nov 5th Steve had a tele health visit and the doctor did not treat him.

On 11/11/2021 Christine took her husband to an urgent care.  The Urgent Care doctor contacted the paramedics to take Steve to the ER at St Anthony’s. Once at the hospital he was quickly isolated, given paralytics and vented. He was given remdesivir against the families wishes.

Her husband was given many types of medication that made his stats go up and down. Christine new that something was terribly wrong but they would gaslight her. Christine begged the doctors to give him vitamins. That request was refused. The reason provided, “they don’t do that there. It’s not “protocol”.

Steve ended up with a hospital contracted infection that caused his lungs to collapse. He had no continuity of care with having 12 different nurses, 9 different doctors in 15 days. They would tell her if she didn’t like the care he was getting then take him home.

This same Doctor called Christine in the morning to tell her Steve was dying. He told her that he would NOT save her husband. At 10:30 am they called her to say he was doing worse. Then at 3 pm they called to tell her she could and should come down because he was actively dying.

By the time she arrived, her husband was dead. Now Christine and her son were allowed to go into the room to see Steve. Even though Steve had a roommate who was in the room. Remember this is a Covid ward. She wasn’t allowed to go into the room per hospital policy before.

Passed away the day after Thanksgiving on 11/26/21. Rest in Peace Steve Montoya. Justice is coming.