He is still intubated on his hospital bed but Ibrar Ahmed Iftikhar's exhausted face lights up.
After 48 days in intensive care at Barcelona hospital, doctors take her to see the sea and her family.
Facing the expanse of water, his relatives send him expressions of affection to which this 52-year-old man, who cannot make sounds due to a tracheotomy, responds with tender smiles or by moving his lips to try. to get out of words.
On the seafront which, before the pandemic saw tourists and young people having fun, the medical bed, surrounded by caregivers in white and green coats, attracts the attention of passers-by.
This discharge of a patient in intensive care is part of a program launched by this hospital to "humanize" intensive care stays and "promote the physical and emotional well-being of patients", explains Dr Judith. Marin from the intensive care unit.
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To be able to go out on the seafront, the patient must already have tested negative for Covid-19 and have made significant progress in their recovery.
The program, which even provides for pet access to the intensive care unit in the long term, began before the pandemic but the latter made it more necessary than ever due to the total isolation of patients. .
