Severe course of disease in Covid-19 only from 60? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that. A 44-year-old from Munich was in the Schwabing intensive care unit for two weeks. Here he reports.
- Erol Akbulut fought for a city council mandate for the SPD in Munich.
- After the election campaign, he had contracted the corona virus in Munich *.
- He spent 23 days in the Schwabing hospital. Here he reports about his corona horror.
Munich - Erol Akbulut is 44. He has no previous illnesses , so he does not belong to the risk group for the dangerous corona virus . Nevertheless, the illness was extremely difficult for him.
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He was probably infected during the election campaign . Akbulut stood for the SPD as a city council candidate in Munich. Such an election campaign would currently be prohibited in Munich.
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He was in the Schwabing intensive care unit for over two weeks . "I pulled the trip to the doctor pretty far out," he told Sat.1 Bayern (see the full length video in the article above). "I think that was the biggest mistake."
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Because the virus brutally attacked his lungs. He was hanging on the respirator for two weeks. If there were no space available, Erol Akbulut would be dead today. "The doctors there saved my life."
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Special thanks go to the nursing staff. Because on the corona station you are completely isolated from the outside world. Family, friends - nobody was allowed to visit Munich. And that where Akbulut desperately needed the approval.
Because the time on the ventilation machine was the worst time of his life. There were moments when he just wanted to tear down the machine, he says. Only the mental support of the nurses would have prevented him from doing so.
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Corona defeated after 23 days - thank you all for the motivating wishes that gave me strength ... A big thank you to the Schwabing hospital staff and especially to the intensive care unit and Prof. Dr. med Clemens Martin Wendter #Corona #schwabingerkrankenhaus #krankenhausschwabing # munich #Schwabing
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"Nurses and doctors built me up mentally so mentally." They cheered him on, says Akbulut. "You can do it, they said." He was infinitely grateful for this support. "I won't forget that for them."
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