A Covid-19 patient from China has left the hospital after the longest-ever stay on a controversial life support machine, a report said on Monday.
‘The patient was supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy for 111 days starting from February 9, reports Xinhua news agency.’
The patient was discharged from a hospital in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province last week after treatment for about seven months. The man was admitted to a hospital in late January.
When his condition deteriorated, he was transferred to the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in early February, the hospital said.
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According to Zhong Nanshan, a renowned respiratory disease expert, the patient was obese and had several underlying diseases like hypertension and sleep apnea syndrome, which made treatment difficult.
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"The critical care team worked very hard during the treatment process. For the sake of people's health and lives, we will do whatever it takes as long as there is a glimmer of hope," Zhong said.
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