Long Covid: many will need specialist therapies, says expert
by Sarah Marsh from World news | The Guardian on (#5GEG8)
Intensive care consultant says doctors are hoping to create a uniform structure for follow-up clinics
A significant" number of people will require long-term aftercare such as the physiotherapy and speech therapy being received by Derek Draper after a year in intensive care following Covid, a leading doctor has said.
On Friday, it was revealed that Draper, the former political adviser and the husband of ITV presenter Kate Garraway, has been taken off support machines and returned home after a year in intensive care - but will receive 24-hour care at the couple's newly adapted north London home.
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