Doc recovers after 60-day nCoV battle

Kolkata: Amidst rising cases of healthcare workers getting infected and succumbing to Covid-19, a 60-year-old doctor won a long-drawn 60-day battle against the virus. The doctor, who spent 40 days under ventilation and had 12 days of ECMO support, was sent home from hospital on Friday.

The general physician from south Kolkata used to attend to patients in the Tollygunge-Garia locality in his chamber.

He was admitted to Medica Superspecialty Hospital with Covid-19 ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome). When his oxygen saturation did not improve despite ventilation, he was put on ECMO support. He eventually recovered after 12 days of ECMO and 40 days in ventilation.

Doctors said that the 60-year-old medic had immense mental strength, which also helped in his fight against the disease. “When one from our fraternity fights the odds and goes home recovered, it brings hope to the whole medical community,” said a release from the ECMO team of the hospital.