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A businessman told he would lose his legs after suffering severe complications from Covid-19 has defied expectations by making a full recovery.
Sreenivas Rao, from India, was told he faced a double amputation after suffering a severe blood clot in his legs.
Mr Rao, who runs a printing and sports business, had just recovered from coronavirus in Chennai, where he had been visiting on holiday in October.
The virus hit the 50-year-old hard, and he was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties and placed on ventilation for a week in India.
When he was released from hospital and put into quarantine, his health problems continued.
Rao had contracted SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, during his vacation to India last year.
Soon, he developed severe thrombosis blood clot in both his legs and underwent an unsuccessful surgery in Chennai.
Fortunately, he was saved from the amputation of his lower limbs at a hospital in Abu Dhabi.
His ordeal had started on October 30, when he tested Covid-19 positive in Chennai.
He was put on oxygen support for a week. However, he developed a niggling pain in both his legs while recovering from the viral infection at home. His health condition aggravated by the day.
On November 23, he collapsed at home and was rushed to hospital and later moved to a specialty healthcare facility.
Elderly, diabetics at high risk from virus, says study
14 Feb 2021
Mariecar Jara-Puyod,
Senior Reporter
A five-month risk profiling study, on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID19) done among 3,277 multi-ethnic employees in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), has confirmed conclusions of earlier overseas research works that at risk for the SARS-CoV2 are the elderly, the diabetics, and sufferers of chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, aside from the immunocompromised.
Part of the regular check-ups and counseling programme of the RAK Hospital-Arabian Wellness (Lifestyle and Wellness Division) to its corporate clients, the August 2020 to January 2021 study was conducted to “help all individuals, especially the high risks to take proactive measures in order to reduce chances of getting the infection,” according to Wellness chief officer Prof. Adrian Kennedy.