Shillong, Sept 05: The 65 year old lady presented with fever with severe respiratory distress for 7 days with Oxygen saturation of 65% with signs of severe pneumonia to Nazareth hospital on 13/8/2020 and was Covid 19 test positive on admission.
She is a known patient of Diabetes, Hypertension, Hypothyroidism and Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease. She was aggressively treated for Covid-19 pneumonia as there was evidence of cytokine storm and severe bilateral lung infiltrates in chest X-ray .
She was treated with combination of medicines and required oxygen up to 70 litres per minute to maintain her oxygen level. She was not incubated at any point of her stay.
Gradually from Day 3 onwards she showed marginal improvement of her parameters and by Day 6 her respiratory parameters improved significantly and her oxygen requirements was reduced to less 20 litres and by second week of treatment she improved significantly and only had minimal symptoms on exertion. She was Covid-19(RT PCR) negative on 22nd day of her hospital stay i e on 3rd of September.
Nazareth hospital would like to highlight this fact to people of Shillong, in order to give them the confidence of medical therapy for Covid 19 medical crisis , ‘’Yes you need to be cautious and stay safe , but do not panic or be paranoid about the Covid pandemic.’’ If you are in the high risk group like age above 60 years and any other co-morbid conditions, you must take extra care.
As Covid 19 deaths are very much highlighted, it is our endeavour to inform the public that a severe case of Covid 19 pneumonia can be cured.
The strong will power showcased by the 65 year old patient as she fought through the infection is really commendable. We hope that this success brings courage and faith for many people in and around Shillong. I would like to thank the patient for having faith in us as we continue our fight against the pandemic.
Taking her case as an example, we wish to tell people to not to give in to the fear and lose hope. The fatality rate of COVID-19 is very low and we urge people to be positive and safe during these challenging times.”
We acknowledge the dedicated effort of the doctors and nursing staffs working in the Covid isolation ward. Said Dr Debomallya Bhuyan, HOD Department of Internal Medicine Nazareth Hospital, Shillong.
