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Bengaluru: 59-year-old Covid patient leaves hospital after 131 days

| Jan 31, 2021, 10:34:19 AM | TOI.in

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A 59-year-old man walked out of a Bengaluru hospital on Saturday after a stay of 131 days. Stay includes 65 days in the intensive care unit. He was on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for 56 days. He ad contracted Covid-19 last year. Venugopala M, a BEML employee, tested positive for Covid-19 on September 21 and was admitted to Manipal Hospitals, Whitefield, the next day. Though his initial symptoms were only cough and gastric discomfort, his condition gradually worsened with declining oxygen saturation levels. He was shifted to the ICU on September 26 and was on high-flow nasal oxygen cannula, a treatment mode for severe Covid-19 cases.

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