By Tara Rippin • Published: 24 Dec 2020 • 12:53
A 43-year-old Covid patient has finally been discharged from hospital after 44 days in time to spend Christmas with his seven children.
Orlando, who was admitted to Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid a month and a half ago and spent 33 days in ICU, has managed to overcome the virus in time to celebrate Christmas with his children aged between three-months-old and 12.
According to the hospital, Orlando was hospitalised on October 27 due to severe respiratory failure secondary to bilateral pneumonia caused by SARS-COV-2. Two days later he was transferred to ICU due to a life-threatening “serious deterioration” in his condition.
While in ICU, staff at the hospital arranged for audio calls home so that his wife and kids could send voice messages, and as he gained consciousness he was able to communicate back, though through signs due to the effects of a tracheostomy.
Finally, Orlando was fit enough to go home where he is continuing his recovery surrounded by his family.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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