In Memory of Glen Alexander Saint-Paen

Kerry was his partner, when Glen went into hospital with Covid. According to her he was improving when they wanted him to go on a Ventilator. He did so sobbing. They told him he’d be on it for three days, he was on it for a month and died that way.What I didn’t know then was that to be on a ventilator they had to paralyse you. Where you conscious as you waited for them to switch it off? ‘Who’s to know.I interviewed Kerry in a park in St Kilda and I regret not following up, but at the time it seemed impossible to me that the doctors would do this. . . Maybe Kerry was embellishing out of grief.Time, sadly, has re-educated me.Michael Cafe Locked Out Interview This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cafelockeddown.substack.com/subscribe