Marie Claire Dorking
Jason Kelk in hospital. (SWNS)
A man believed to be one of the UK’s longest-suffering Covid patients, who is marking a full year in hospital, has urged people to be cautious as lockdown restrictions ease.
Jason Kelk, 49, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, was rushed into hospital on 31 March last year and believes he will “never fully recover” from the disease as he remains in intensive care.
As a type II diabetic with mild asthma, the virus destroyed Kelk’s lungs and kidneys and left him with such severe stomach issues he has to be fed intravenously.
For the last two weeks, he has remained off the ventilator completely and is now having dialysis three times a week instead of being hooked up to a 24/7 kidney filter.