Doctors said this Quebec man would die of COVID-19. His family had other ideas
Diagnosed with COVID-19 last summer and soon admitted to hospital, Peter Simard of Gatineau, Que., thought he was going to die, and so did his doctors. Although he was put in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator, his family never gave up hope for a miracle. After nearly nine months of hospitals and rehab, he s finally back home.
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Posted: May 25, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 25 There’s a reason why the doctors and the nurses call my husband the COVID miracle, because they have no medical facts as to why he survived, Celine Lafrenière said of her husband Peter s recovery from COVID-19.
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In today s Morning Brief, we have an interview with Canada s deputy minister of National Defence, who says the government failed to properly implement recommendations from a landmark report on sexual misconduct in the military six years ago.
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Ottawa failed to properly implement sexual misconduct report, top Defence civil servant says
Canada s deputy minister of National Defence says the military s operation to end sexual misconduct in its ranks lost its way because the government failed to properly implement recommendations from a landmark report into the issue six years ago.
OTTAWA It’s the reunion Gatineau s Peter Simard and his loved ones have been waiting for. It’s nice to be home and just to come outside, the way I am right now is just fantastic, said Simard. Just months ago, the 59-year-old was at death’s door. He contracted COVID-19 in August and was put into an induced coma on a ventilator for two-and-a-half months. His family was told he going to die, but Simard pulled through and after months in rehab, he’s finally home. Could you imagine being away eight-and-a-half months from your home, your family? he said. And with COVID-19 situation, no visitors that didn’t help, but I’m glad to be home.
GATINEAU In an induced coma and on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19, Peter Simard was at death’s door. “I think I was a day from dying,” Simard says. “He had the most severe form of COVID,” adds his wife, Celine Lafreniere. “His lungs were finished.” But nearly nine months since he was diagnosed, the Gatineau man is in recovery. On Aug. 18 last year, Simard, 59, left work early because he wasn’t feeling well. He went to get tested for COVID-19 and two days later learned he had tested positive. According to Lafreniere, that’s when things took a turn for the worse.