Patient 1 was discharged from San Matteo of Pavia, the 38-year-old from Codogno believed to be the first ascertained case of Coronavirus in Italy. Mattia, this is his name, on the evening of February 19 had been hospitalized in the hospital of the town of Lodigiano and then moved between 21 and 22 in desperate conditions in the resuscitation of the Pavia hospital. THE STORIES OF PANDEMIA
On 9 March he began to breathe independently. 'I was lucky, stay at home,' he said in a video broadcast on the Lombardy News Fb page. It is difficult to tell what happened to me, I remember hospitalization, I was 18 days in intensive care and then in the infectious diseases department where I started to have contact with the real world and do the best thing: to return to breathe ". is what Mattia, patient 1, who has been discharged today, said in a video message." Prevention - he added - is essential in order not to spread the infection "." I was very lucky because I was treated ". said Mattia, patient 1 discharged from San Matteo di Pavia adding that now the situation is critical as there could be no more staff and read in order to guarantee assistance to all coronavirus patients. After recommending people to not to leave the house asked for respect for his privacy. "I want to forget this tragic experience and return to normal."