Ipoh-born nurse survived from Covid-19 after 43 days in a coma

PETALING JAYA (June 29): An Ipoh-born nurse in Britain has recovered from Covid-19 “miraculously” after 43 days in coma.

Felix Khor, 68, was admitted to Southend Hospital as a coronavirus patient at the hospital where he had worked for over 15 years in early April at the height of the lockdown in the United Kingdom, according to a report in The Star.

He was previously the hospital resuscitation officer but he voluntarily came out of retirement and returned to the hospital’s emergency department to help other frontliners in their battle against the Covid-19.

“On the last day of March, I was working at the emergency department. There were a lot of people on that day. Suddenly, I felt very cold. So, I asked one of my colleagues to check my temperature and it was 38.4°C, which was quite high. He advised me to go home and self-isolate, ” he told the English daily.

Khor said he had a consultant doctor to do a check and the X-ray results showed some changes in his lungs - implying that he could have contracted Covid-19.

Khor was rushed to the emergency department in an ambulance on April 1 as his condition worsened.

“By the time I reached the emergency room, I became drowsy and unconscious. They put me on a ventilator and I was in a coma for 43 days, ” he said.

He voiced his appreciation to those who had helped him.

“I’m incredibly grateful to all of the hospital staff who have helped keep, and for the huge love and support from colleagues and friends, ” he said.

News of his recovery was reported in the British media, including BBC, which pointed out that “up to 200 National Health Service staff lined the hospital’s main corridor to clap for him as he was wheeled out of intensive care” .Khor was discharged from the hospital on June 1 and is now able to walk.

A bachelor who came to the United Kingdom in 1973, Khor said he has been making annual trips to Malaysia to visit relatives, said the report.

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