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A 36-year-old man has died in Wuhan from respiratory failure days after being discharged from hospital
Latest data from the mainland shows most new infections continue to occur at epidemics epicentre
Gigi Choy and Teddy Ng
Published: 9:23am, 5 Mar, 2020
A 36-year-old man has died of respiratory failure in Wuhan, five days after being discharged from one of the makeshift hospitals built to contain the outbreak, according to a report by Shanghai-based news portal The Paper.
The report, which was later removed, said Li Liang had been admitted to the hospital built to treat patients with mild and moderate symptoms on February 12, according to his wife, surnamed Mei. He was discharged two weeks later with instructions to stay in a quarantine hotel for 14 days.
Mei said her husband was not feeling well two days after leaving the hospital, with dry mouth and gaseous stomach. On March 2, Li said he felt sick and was sent to a hospital, where he was certified dead that afternoon.
The death certificate issued by the Wuhan health commission said the direct cause was Covid-19, and listed respiratory blockage and failure as the symptoms which could have led to his death.
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...and there's that, too.
SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)Last edited Thu Mar 5, 2020, 01:10 PM - Edit history (2)
I fear that will be the fate of many if our hospitals are overwhelmed. And damn, he was only 36.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Its the best choice available but I fervently hope they do it right.
magicarpet
(14,168 posts)Re-infected - Wow !
36 years old - Wow !
Dead - Wow !
central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)He appeared to have mild symptoms. Perhaps he was released to make room for a sicker patient and then the original infection flared up again.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)They sent him home to self-isolate, I'm guessing with meds?
Nature Man
(869 posts)he should have just gone to work!
/sarcasm
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)raccoon
(31,120 posts)like that?
misanthrope
(7,428 posts)Or could it have been dreamed up by someone who is a writer rather than an immunologist, epidemiologist or infectious disease specialist?
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)released from the "hospital" (actually holding pen) does not equate to recovered.
hunter
(38,327 posts)... been knocked down by bronchitis or pneumonia.
It makes me wonder if that's a characteristic of some viruses -- that they lay the ground for secondary infections, or they provoke a later immune response that's worse than the disease itself.
misanthrope
(7,428 posts)but good luck on ever getting the truth about it out of China.