Sutter County Family With Brother In ICU Tells Community ‘COVID Is Real’

SUTTER COUNTY (CBS13) — A surge successful Yuba and Sutter County covid cases has present near the Rideout Regional Medical Center astatine 142% capableness successful its ICU.

There are 25 COVID patients successful the ICU. One of them is 42-year-old Sunny Pegany, a begetter of two. He has been connected a ventilator for 5 weeks.

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His brothers Jay and Dhar Pegany spoke to CBS13 extracurricular the hospital. They person not been capable to spot him successful his infirmary room.

“Obviously, we bash a batch of praying,” Dhar Pegany said.

“Lots of prayers,” Jay Pegany said. “We’re dealing with this time by day, and it’s precise nerve-wracking to get that substance each time to find retired what’s truly happening upstairs.”

“I would conscionable accidental it deed america hard erstwhile helium ended up successful the ER,” Dhar Pegany said. “He was connected a quarantine astatine location for a week, developed a pneumonia.”

Rideout Memorial Medical Center’s hospitalized cases are astir arsenic precocious arsenic they were successful the January surge, and Yuba County conscionable reported its biggest fig of play affirmative cases since the pandemic began.

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Rideout Memorial Medical Center’s President Rick Rawson posted a video connected YouTube, imploring radical to get vaccinated. Yuba County has 1 of the lowest vaccination rates successful the authorities astatine 37%. Neighbor Sutter County is besides beneath the authorities mean astatine 46%.

“This didn’t person to beryllium this way,” Rawson said. “Of our ICU patients, implicit 95 percent of them are unvaccinated.”

“I mean COVID is real,” Dhar Pegany said. “I mean, the infirmary is full.”

Sunny Pegany was not vaccinated. The household says helium ne'er thought helium could go truthful sick.

Now they person a connection for everyone successful Yuba and Sutter counties to hear:

“I bash judge that everybody should spell retired and get their vaccine,” Jay Pegany said. “To support themselves and everybody other astir them,”

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“We conscionable privation to say, instrumentality attraction of yourselves,” Dhar Pegany said. “Take it seriously, and bash the champion that you tin to support yourselves your family. Your neighbors.”

Steve Large