She left the hospital to the cheers and applause of the nursing team of the Hospital Universitario San Rafael de Tunja.
After being ill for the first time less than a year previously, Carmen Hernandez was infected again a second time shortly after her first injection of the vaccine.
“It was a difficult medical case to manage because the lady does not have a nose, she lost it due to carcinoma several years ago, so the supply of oxygen was very difficult. , explains Ricardo Morera, hospital doctor.
It was the second Covid infection, so the complications were much more difficult to manage.
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After 21 days in the intensive care unit, Carmen Hernandez has finally regained her strength once again, under the admiring gaze of her doctors.
“In the last five days her improvement has been quite significant and she started to thank us, every day she gave us her blessing, she always gave her blessing to anyone who greeted her,” recalls Ricardo Morera.
Authorized to leave the hospital to join her retirement home, Carmen Hernandez represents a beacon of hope in a country which is facing a significant increase in cases.
“It motivates us to continue doing things well, it inspires us to continue working, that age, co-morbidities, and even resources do not limit us,” adds the doctor.
