Age no bar: 93-year-old with hypertension beats Covid

Age no bar: 93-year-old with hypertension beats Covid

Mumbai:13.05.2020

A 93-year-old woman from Mazagaon became one of the oldest in the city to recover from Covid-19 and go home. The woman, who has hypertension, beat challenges posed by her age and fought the infection with minimal oxygen support.

She was admitted to Saifee Hospital, Charni Road, on April 17 and discharged about 10 days later. “We hope her story gives hope to other patients,” said director Dr Vernon Desa.

The nonagenarian, in a video circulated on social messaging groups, said, “What helped me pull through was faith and inner strength, besides care and support of doctors and nurses.”

Intensivist Dr Deepesh Aggarwal said that her recovery has shown how it’s not chronological age that matters, rather biological age. “She’s the second patient above 80 to recover and go home,” he said, adding that even people with co-morbid conditions shouldn’t think of Covid as a death sentence. “With timely care, most patients can go home as mortality rate is just about 5%,” he said.

In another successful recovery, the BMC also released a video of a Covid-19 patient from Dharavi who recovered from Nair Hospital. “Doctors gave me confidence that I recovered despite my condition being so bad. I urge those in slums to maintain social distancing and ensure hygiene,” said the patient. TNN