Days after the dying of their beloved one, a Bridgeport household is pushing for expanded entry to medical insurance.
Fitzgerald “Fiji” Giusti, 58, suffered a coronary heart assault on Thursday inside a greenback retailer, the place he had stopped to purchase just a few gadgets for his 80-year-old mom.
He died a short while later.
Giusti’s niece Shalinda Flores tells Information 12 her uncle used to work for the State of Connecticut, however in lately years, as his mom’s well being declined, he turned her important caregiver.
Flores says as a result of her uncle was uninsured, he didn’t search therapy from a health care provider for chest pains.
Giusti’s state medical insurance software was lastly authorised the day earlier than he died.
“Medical insurance should not be a privilege for anybody,” Flores says. “As a result of if my uncle had insurance coverage, he would nonetheless be right here most likely.”
