British pilot recovers from long coma, smiles to doctors
A British pilot who is the most serious Covid-19 patient in Vietnam has regained consciousness after a more-than-two-month coma and smiled as doctors talked to him.
According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam reported no new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday morning, and this is also the 48th straight day since April 16 morning without locally-infected cases in the country.
To date, up to 298 of 328 patients have been cured, equal to 91%.
The most critical Covid-19 case, the 43-year-old British pilot has become totally conscious. He could do all of what doctors ask and smiled as they talked to him. On Tuesday evening, he could hold a cup of water to drink with the support from a doctor.
Doctors have been trying to gradually reduce and then stop his reliance on the ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) system.
The man was confirmed to have contracted the virus on March 18. His condition worsened and he slipped into a coma for over two months. He has been using the ECMO for 57 days and is now being treated at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam reported no new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday morning, and this is also the 48th straight day since April 16 morning without locally-infected cases in the country.
British pilot has regained consciousness
To date, up to 298 of 328 patients have been cured, equal to 91%.
The most critical Covid-19 case, the 43-year-old British pilot has become totally conscious. He could do all of what doctors ask and smiled as they talked to him. On Tuesday evening, he could hold a cup of water to drink with the support from a doctor.
Doctors have been trying to gradually reduce and then stop his reliance on the ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) system.
The man was confirmed to have contracted the virus on March 18. His condition worsened and he slipped into a coma for over two months. He has been using the ECMO for 57 days and is now being treated at Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
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