'They killed her': Husband demands answers after his wife, 34, died of a treatable asthma attack outside locked ER doors

• Laura Levis was 34 when she died of cardiac arrest after an asthma attack 
• She had walked to CHA Somerville Hospital 
• The first door she tried was locked and she collapsed before getting to the second entrance
• Levis called 911, but it took two dispatchers and hospital employees more than 10 minutes to find her 
• She was less than 30 feet outside the door
• Her husband, Peter DeMarco, found out these circumstances after Levis's death 
• What had been gratitude to the doctors at Somerville has turned to horror and rage 
• There is a cap on how much the hospital can be sued for  

Laura Levis died at 34 of a treatable asthma at the doors of a Massachusetts emergency room, according to a heart-wrenching story penned by her husband, Peter Demarco, in Globe Magazine.  

DeMarco previously published an open letter to the staff of CHA Somerville Hospital, thanking them for treating his wife and her family with dignity.

But that was before he knew the whole story. 

Before knew that Laura had called 911. 

Before he knew she had walked to the hospital. 

Before he knew Laura had made it within feet of the door to the ER. 

Now, his gratitude has turned to horror and rage at the series of simple but catastrophic failures that led to his wife's death just outside the hospital. 

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Laura Levis (left) died at 34 of cardiac arrest after an asthma attack just outside the door to a Massachusetts hospital. After learning of the failures of hospital staff and 911 dispatchers, her husband, Peter DeMarco (right) penned the horrifying story of her death in Globe Magazine