R.I.P. Kipkemboi Kimeli

wejo wrote:

wdgdsf wrote:

WHAT?! PNEUMONIA AND TUBERCULOSIS?

I don't think the point of this thread is to turn this into a political discussion.

My first thought however was "aren't those treatable?"

And no health insurance or not, a hospital is going to treat you. Maybe he waited too long to go in?

Regardless it is very sad.

I was not familiar with him but I'm glad to hear he was well liked. RIP

TB is becoming difficult to treat once more

30y ago, triple therapy with potent antibiotics for 6/12 used to offer a cure, but it was difficult to get patients to take these antibiotics with often debilitating side-effects for full 6 months

resistant strains therefore emerged ( TB that survived incomplete treatment courses ) & that necessitated moving onto quadruple therapy for 6/12 ( sometimes even 1y )

same scenario as previous followed

there are some strains which are really not effectively treated at all & best you can do with modern medicine is to keep it somewhat quiescent but not curative

even with best treatment available, if you have one of these resistant strains, there is significant chance of developing a fatal untreatable pnemonia from a secondary infection ( your immune system is already severely compromised fighting the TB )

even mayo clinic may not have saved him

wdgdsf wrote:

WHAT?! PNEUMONIA AND TUBERCULOSIS? Didn't this guy have health ins-

Oh.

For every person on the entire planet who dies in a terrorist attack, 50 people in this country die because of a lack of adequate health care.

So you're saying terrorism is okay because some people don't have health care? Amy Bishop was an Obamanut too.

I went to school with him, he was very humble and quiet. He was a year behind me in high school (in 1981 in Bungoma High School in the western province of Kenya). He later transferred to Musingu High School. We had three world class athletes at that time in our school. They were Andrew Masai, Chemos Chemuningwa and Kipkemboi Kimeli. I feel sad that he passed away so young.

So sad. Seriously though, the poverty and squalor some of these former elites die really are a scandal. Weird how I was talking about past greats with someone and we took it as a given most were farming in the Rift Valley. That Kipkemboi turned out to be working in a laundromat in the States is heartbreaking. Not really blaming anyone but I do hope lessons have been learnt and preventive measures taken to avoid more of these.

R.I.P. Kipkemboi Kimeli.

This happened four years ago. I missed it. RIP all the same.

Its sad because he was obviously living in poverty. Its the only way people die of these diseases in the US. And it happens a lot more than you think. Without health care, poor people tend to try and wait till its too late for help.

RIP Kip Kimeli.

wdgdsf wrote:

For every person on the entire planet who dies in a terrorist attack, 50 people in this country die because of a̶ ̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶d̶e̶q̶u̶a̶t̶e̶ poor health care.

Because of poor health care, not a lack of it.

Most people in the U.S. die in medical institutions.

I didn't know Kipkemboi Kimeli personally but he was certaianly an amazing runner. His Olympic race with Boutayeb and Antibo is one of my favorites of all time.

That is sad that he passed at such a relatively young age.

Too much EPO?