Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Clapped out of ICU, dead days later: the secondary impact of Covid-19

Dr Rudresh Pathak’s fatal stroke highlights brain complications and blood clots associated with severe cases * Coronavirus – latest updates * See all our coronavirus coverage When Rudresh Pathak finally left intensive care after 81 days, staff at Pilgrim hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire – where he had worked as a consultant psychiatrist for nearly three decades – lined the corridors to applaud. Though visibly weak, the 65-year-old, who is thought to be one of a few patients in the UK to have remained on a ventilator with Covid-19 for so long, clapped along. Continue reading...
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In the Land of the Very Old

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