Touching moment medics celebrate as four-month-old with coronavirus has ventilator removed
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Kathryn Lewsey
A team of hardworking medics broke into applause after a four-month-old baby had their ventilator turned off.
On March 17, the bub was admitted to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella, Spain after contracting coronavirus.
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But as his condition deteriorated, he was quickly transferred to the Maternal and Infant Hospital in Malaga.
The infant spent almost three weeks on the intensive care unit before making a miraculous recovery.
Medics were finally able to take him off a ventilator at the weekend and the heart-warming moment was captured in camera.
Staff clapped and cheered as they watched from a window as the tiny boy had his breathing tubes removed.
The uplifting video was shared in a Twitter post, along with the caption, It’s not all bad news – we have some joy to share.’
José Camacho, head of paediatric ICU, explained, ‘On this occasion, it was extubating a very special patient – a four-month-old baby who was admitted to the Materno Infantil Hospital, in Malaga, with coronavirus.’
He said the boy’s condition had progressed in a ‘satisfactory manner’ and that such severe cases of COIV-19 in an infant is ‘exceptional.’
Mr Camacho added that the baby is now ‘very stable’ and said these positive cases ‘fills [medics] with strength to continue fighting this disease.’
Kathryn Lewsey
Kathryn is a Senior Features Writer for that's life! magazine. Her work has been published in The Sun, Daily Mail, Chat, Closer, Kidspot, Real People, Take a Break and MarieClaire.com.au
