UK woman on path to recovery from COVID-19 after 58 days on ventilator: Indian-origin doctor
London - An Indian-origin doctor has described how one of his coronavirus patients is on the path to recovery and has even begun communicating after 58 days on a ventilator.
Dr Sanjay Gupta, lead consultant for critical care at Southampton General Hospital on England's south coast, told The Sunday Times while the unidentified 35-year-old patient is still supported by a ventilator, she is no longer entirely reliant on one and is being "weaned off" the support.
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"Suddenly she can communicate, whereas before she was so weak she could barely lift a finger to write anything," said Gupta.
"She has virtually no muscle strength left — barely enough to breathe.
If you're on a ventilator or in intensive care, your skeletal muscles decondition," he said.
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