23-year-old firefighter, EMT in Mass. in coma due to COVID-19
A 23-year-old first responder in Massachusetts is in a medically induced coma after he contracted COVID-19.Brett Bertram, a call firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Plainville Fire Department, came down with the coronavirus last weekend.Bertram's brother and girlfriend also tested positive for COVID-19, but Bertram's condition worsened to the point where he had to be taken to Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, placed on a ventilator and, eventually, in a medically induced coma.First responders in Massachusetts have been eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine since Ja...