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

[Northerner]

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.

In that moment that his daughter, Neha Pathak, allowed herself to feel some hope. “When he was on the ventilator, we were preparing for the worst,” she said. Her father started to get better; he ate solids and was engaging in physiotherapy so he could stand and start walking again. The family were told that he would probably be discharged within the next 10 days.

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

Dr Rudresh Pathak’s fatal stroke highlights brain complications and blood clots associated with severe cases

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[Lucy Honeychurch]

 

[mikeydt1]

it is a very dangerous virus, seems to try and do maximum damage.

people are dying from it in this country but we have a government who now seem to think it is nothing and are putting money first.

there was a news article warning about this happening with clots and strokes.

very sad to loose someone i have been in that situation and it still plays me years later.

 

[trophywench]

Sorry to hear tales like yours - but sometimes it's a blessing when the patient has been ill for years and had no quality of life - like my mother. And a relief frankly chez moi.

 

[mikeyB]

Mind you, association does not necessarily mean causation.Lying in bed for 65 days is a great way to develop clots, whether or not Covid is present.