Rajkot: A 39-year-old man has beaten the deadly Coronavirus after fighting for almost 144 days in a private hospital in Rajkot City.
Wishal, Thank you, a businessman from Porbandar, was referred to Rajkot Hospital on May 7 when the oxygen saturation fell to 60%.
CT Scan reveals 100% lung involvement, making it difficult cases to be treated by a doctor.
Of the 144 days, thank you remain in living support for almost 90 days.
Tejas Motivaras, one of the doctors who removed Thank you, “The patient has developed other complications such as pneumothorax in both lungs which is a sign of a pain.
He has a lot of infection in the intestine.
His body began to respond to the ventilator after 60 days, which is long enough.
is one of the rare cases where a patient comes out of the ventilator after 90 days.
“Doctors suggest transferring patients to oxygenation of extracorporeal membranes (ECMO), a machine that provides artificial liver and lungs and allows the patient’s heart and lungs to rest.
It is widely regarded as a last attempt when the ventilator also does not help improve the patient’s condition.
According to the doctor, thank you is the ideal candidate to shift at ECMO but his relatives do not give approval and request hospitals to treat them only in ventilator support.
After 90 days, the doctor initiated a rehabilitation program that included training and other therapies.
In the first 60 days, they gave him any medication and treatment prescribed in the book to treat Covid-19 patients.
Thank you for weaning drugs once only a rehabilitation program is needed.
The latest CT scanning patients show that the lungs are still 60% infected.
At present, he can walk with support just a stick.
He is at one liter oxygen because of the weak lungs.
The doctor hopes that in three to four months, his lung will recover up to 75% but the remaining lungs have been permanently damaged.