Kollam patient discharged after 45 days

KOLLAM: After fighting against Covid-19 for 45 days, a 43-year-old woman got discharged from the hospital on Thursday. She was tested positive on March 31.
Along with her, a couple from Valkkadode, near Punalur, were also discharged leaving the district Covid-19 free.
A 65-year-old woman in Pathanamthitta had also undergone hospitalisation for 45 days earlier.
She was among those who belonged to the cluster of patients who tested positive for the disease in Ranni in Pathanamthitta.At least 20 samples were taken from this woman before she was tested negative in successive tests.
The woman who was discharged on Thursday had arrived from a Gulf country and had got infected after she came into contact with a family member who had also contracted the disease. She said it was the dedicated professional care given to her at the government medical college that saved her life
The couple from Valakkode spent 42 days at the medical college after testing Covid positive. Though the 28-year-old youth was tested negative earlier, he was staying back in the hospital till his wife too recovered .
The hospital staff, led by medical college superintendent, came out to see off the three. They were sent away with flowers and applause in appreciation of the resilience shown in the fight against the virus.