HYDERABAD: A 110-year-old patient undergoing treatment for
Covid-19
at the state-run
Gandhi Hospital
here has recovered from the disease.
He is "probably the oldest in the country" to overcome the infectious disease, hospital officials said.
Ramananda Teertha was admitted with moderate Covid-19 symptoms on April 24 and is said to have no co-morbidities.
"Teertha, who is aged 110, recovered from Covid-19 after undergoing treatment at our hospital," said M Raja Rao, superintendent, Gandhi Hospital.
Teertha stays at an ashram in Keesara and is said to have lived in the Himalayas for nearly two decades.
The hospital released a video where Teertha can be seen answering questions from doctors at the hospital. In the video, he said that he had undergone leg surgery at Gandhi Hospital a few years ago, helping authorities to pull out his records.
Doctors at the hospital said he will be kept under observation for a few more days. They are planning to shift him to a non-oxygen bed and to put him on a liquid diet.
In July 2020, 94-year-old P Vijayalakshmi walked out of Gandhi Hospital after recovering from Covid-19. She was at the time the oldest patient in the state to successfully fight the disease. She had been admitted with mild symptoms but lacked mental strength as she had lost her younger son to the coronavirus.