Hospital's COVID-19 surge prevents woman from transferring for potentially life-saving care Share Updated: 12:53 PM CST Dec 19, 2020 Chip Scarborough Share Updated: 12:53 PM CST Dec 19, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript EXPERIENCING DELAYS THIS BUSY HOLIDAY SHIPPING SEASON. AT 10:00. >> A BLOUNT COUNTY WOMAN SPENDING WHAT WILL LIKELY BE HER LAST DAYS ALIVE IN A BIRMINGHAM HOSPITAL. ALTHOUGH THE WOMAN DOESN'T HAVE COVID-19, IT KEEPING FROM GETTING THE CRITICAL CARE SHE NEEDS. >> TERRY SCOMBROIKS IS ON LIFE SHE HAS BEEN COMBATTING A 0 DECEASE WHERE PRO TEENS BUILD NEWSPAPER OTHER BODY. SHE HAD A STROKE. >> A WEEK AGO SHE HAD A STROKE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO RESUSCITATE HER. SINCE THEN SHE HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE. >> HER FAMILY HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET HER TRANSFERED TO BIRMINGHAM HOSPITAL, BUT THE HOSPITAL I OVERWHELMED WITH COVID PATIENTS AND UNABLE TO ACCEPT HER RIGHT NOW. >> WE ARE NOT ANGRY WITH U.A.B. WE LOOKED AT HOSPITALS OUT OF THE STATE. >> LIKE SO MAN HOSPITALS, THE COVID-19 SURGE HAS PUT A STRAIN ON THE SERVICES THE HOSPITAL IS ABLE TO PROVIDE. SO MANY RESOURCES DEDICATED TO COVID CARE. >> WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID, SO WE DO HAVE SOME STAFFING CONSTRAINTS. >> HER DAUGHTER SAID SHE IS FRUSTRATED WITH PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO DOWNPLAY THE VIRUS. >> SEE ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON FACEBOOK THAT COVID IS NOT REAL AND IT IS JUST THE FLU. PEOPLE AREN'T TAKING IT SERIOUSLY, AND PEOPLE ARE DYING. THERE ARE REAL CONSEQUENCES. PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE COVID ARE DYING. BASICALLY COVID IS GOING TO KILL MY MOTHER INDIRECTLY. >> FAMILY MEMBERS ARE FACED WITH THE DIFFICULT DECISION OF REMO