KSL TV
PROVO The Utah Valley Hospital community is mourning the loss of one of their own to COVID-19. Rufino Rodriguez, a 65-year-old respiratory therapist, is now the second member of the NICU unit at the hospital to die from the virus.
Multiple doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists reached out to share Rufino s story as another example of the toll the pandemic has had on our medical community. Rufino was one of those special people, said Dr. Stephen D. Minton, director of neonatology at Utah Valley Hospital.
When Rodriguez left Guatemala more than 30 years ago, it was for a better life.