Updated Dec 19, 2020 | 12:53 IST
On August 26, Ravindra Parmar tested positive for Covid and was admitted in a private hospital in the Dholka region of Ahmedabad. More than three months struggle bears fruit as Gujarat man beats Covid | Photo Credit: IANS
Ahmedabad: A 59-year-old man beat Covid-19 infection after three and a half months of hospital stay. He was discharged yesterday from an Ahmedabad hospital with the state’s deputy CM Nitin Patel saying that this is the longest time someone from India has spent in the hospital due to Covid.
On August 26, Ravindra Parmar tested positive for Covid and was admitted in a private hospital in the Dholka region of the city. Ravindra Parmar’s is a rare case of recovery as he was brought to Sola Civil Hospital in a serious condition.
Deputy CM Nitin Patel with Devendra Parmar at Sola Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on Friday. (Express Photo)
A 59-year-old man discharged from hospital after 113 days of Covid-19 treatment was among 1,155 patients discharged on Friday, when the state added 1,075 new cases lowest in a month to its total tally of 2,33,543 cases.
Devendra Parmar, the man who spent nearly 90 out of 113 days in hospital on ventilator, at the Civil hospital in Sola was admitted to Sharnam Multispeciality Hospital on August 26, with fever and breathlessness. He was referred to Sola hospital later after testing positive for Covid-19, said his daughter Himangi.
Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel who also holds the health portfolio, said, “I believe, it is possible that this is a first-of-kind case (in terms of duration of hospitalisation) in the entire country.”
Gujarat man, 59, beats COVID-19 after 113-day hospital stay
Ravindra Parmar tested positive for coronavirus on August 26 and was admitted in a private hospital in the Dholka area of Ahmedabad.
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A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 at state transport bus stand in Ahmedabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (Photo | AP) By PTI
AHMEDABAD: A 59-year-old man was on Friday discharged after a stay of 113 days in a city hospital for COVID-19 treatment with Gujarat deputy chief minister Nitin Patel claiming this is to be possibly the longest spell of hospitalisation for a coronavirus patient in India.
Undergoing treatment in hospital for 113 days, Gujarat man finally beats Covid-19, gets discharged
Undergoing treatment in hospital for 113 days, Gujarat man finally beats Covid-19, gets discharged
After undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a hospital for 113 days, a 59-year-old man was finally discharged on Friday in Gujarat. Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel claimed this case to be possibly the longest spell of hospitalisation for a Covid-19 patient in India.
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UPDATED: December 18, 2020 20:02 IST
The patient, Ravindra Parmar, had tested positive for coronavirus on August 26. (Photo: Gopi Maniar/India Today)
After undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at a hospital for 113 days, a 59-year-old man was finally discharged on Friday in Gujarat s Ahmedabad.