80-year-old woman beats COVID virus in Shillong

SHILLONG: An 80-year-old woman recovered from COVID-19 and was discharged from Bethany hospital on Thursday. This recovery story offers a powerful reminder to all of us that people of all ages even with comorbidities can survive coronavirus if detected and treated at early stage. Therefore, timely diagnosis and treatment are key to providing a better outcome for patients with COVID-19.

A hospital statement said, "The patient was admitted in our hospital on October 5. She was suffering from fever and cough. She also had difficulty in breathing, bodyache, sore throat, vomiting and pain in the abdomen. On evaluatioAn 80-year-old woman recovered from COVID-19 and was discharged from Bethany hospital on Thursday. This recovery story offers a powerful reminder to all of us that people of all ages even with comorbidities can survive coronavirus if detected and treated at early stage. Therefore, timely diagnosis and treatment are key to providing a better outcome for patients with COVID-19., she was found to be suffering from respiratory distress, low oxygen saturation. She also tested positive for COVID-19.

"Her HRCT Thorax showed features of COVID pneumonia. She also has comorbidities of diabetes and hypertension. She was put on high flow oxygen support for the first seven days and provided other treatments as per protocol. She tested negative for COVID-19 on the 10th day. It's fantastic to see our patients recover."