Covid-positive Chennai man spends 109 days on ECMO and ventilator, recovers without lung transplant
Live MintIn what is perhaps India’s longest ECMO battle against COVID-19, a Chennai man diagnosed with coronavirus and resultant lung complications spent about 109 days on ECMO and ventilator support and recovered without having to undergo a lung transplant, the city hospital which treated him said on Thursday. Mudijja, a 56-year-old from Chennai stepped out of the hospital as a healthy man on 19 August, he became a living miracle, as none in the country has ever recovered without a lung transplant after spending more than 4 weeks with the support of ECMO He tested positive for COVID-19 in April end and developed breathing difficulties early on before being referred to Rela Hospital. The CT scan taken a day prior to his admission at Rela Hospital recorded a CT score of 11/25, indicating moderate COVID-19 pneumonia. Being able to offer it to our community, allows critical patients a better opportunity to survive and get back to their normal life.” Prof Mohamed Rela, Chairman and Managing Director, Rela Hospital said, PTI reported.
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