The long road to recovery for Covid-19 patients
by Haroon Siddique from on (#51V32)
From muscle wastage to PTSD, patients discharged from critical care face tough convalescence
For Covid-19 patients who respond successfully to intensive care treatment and are able to be discharged from hospital, the road to recovery can still be a lengthy one.
The latest report into patients admitted into critical care for coronavirus so far in England, Wales and Northern Ireland showed that of 2,249 patients for whom data was available, only 344 (15%) had been discharged alive. A similar number had died (346 patients), while the majority - the remaining 1,559 - were still in critical care.
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