Tageldin Ahmedhassan was severely burned in a fire in a refugee home in northern Hesse. Sixty-five percent of his skin had third-degree burns.
A multi-resistant hospital germ that he brought to the hospital on his skin spreads to his defenseless body. After 471 days and 42 operations, he is released from the Sana Clinic in Offenbach. The skin was as hard as armor and the lungs no longer had room to work, says a doctor at the hospital.. Severe burn injuries, zero chance of survival: The Ukrainian refugee was taken to hospital by helicopter after a fire at his home in the northern German state of Hesse, where he was staying with his family. The patient had to undergo 42 operations to remove the burned skin and part of his left foot had to be amputated, as the flesh had already died there. He is now recovering in hospital and is recovering from his injuries. He has been released from hospital after four months of treatment.