A 90-year-old coroanvirus patient has died in Belgium after selflessly refusing a ventilator and instructing doctors to 'keep this for the younger' patients was hospitalised on March 20 when her condition rapidly deteriorated after contracting COVID-19 It comes amid a global shortage of ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, a key piece of equipment in the battle against the respiratory disease.  Hoylaerts sought medical attention after suffering from a lack of appetite and shortness of breath. She was admitted to hospital where she tested positive for the virus and was placed in isolation, meaning her daughter was unable to visit.  She reportedly told doctors at the hospital: 'I don't want to use artificial respiration. Save it for younger patients. I already had a good life.'  Hoylaerts passed away two days after she was hospitalised, on March 22.  Her distraught daughter Judith told Dutch newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws: 'I can't say goodbye to her, and I don't even have a chance to attend her funeral.'  According to Judith, the family were baffled as to how their mother could have contracted the virus as she had stayed at home and was complying carefully with lockdown measures.  Belgium has now recorded 705 deaths according to the latest official toll. The country's toll on Tuesday represented a jump of nearly 200 fatalities from that given the previous day, which stood at 513.  The small EU country, with a population of 11.4 million, now has 12,775 cases of persons tested positive for COVID-19, of whom 4,920 have been hospitalised, including 1,021 in intensive care.  A 12-year-old girl Belgian girl confirmed infected with the coronavirus became the youngest person in Europe to die from the disease, officials said today.  Ventilators are crucial to helping severely ill coronavirus patients to recover. They are machines which pump oxygen in someone's lungs when they become unable to breathe on their own.  Major terror attack 'was just HOURS away' before it was foiled by the special forces and police:... Victim of acid attack 'plotted by his ex-partner who teamed up with a gang' dies in hospital six... We are trapped in unsellable newbuild homes after a £52m dual carriageway was built on our... 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She told them it was better to use the breathing apparatus on younger people who needed it more than her Her request implied that younger people than her Save it for the youngest [who need it most] I’ve already had a beautiful life.” Suzanne fell ill two weeks ago after losing her appetite and started experiencing shortness of breath but with no coughing or fever Her daughter Judith took her to the doctor earlier in March Speaking to Belgian publication Het Laatste Nieuws “She had pneumonia and was hospitalised last year.” She was then referred to hospital where the doctor in charge said her oxygen saturation was too low Suzanne tested positive for coronavirus and her daughter wasn’t allowed to see her as she lay being treated alone in the emergency room With the Coronavirus spreading rapidly in Europe a shortage of ventilators in most health centres have caused medical officials to make some patients a high priority than others Photo from Daily Star YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN READING OUR OTHER STORIES Harry and Meghan Abandoned, Trump Says The US Will NOT Pay For Their Protection. 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