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Particular: Battle Against Novel Coronavirus
Gu Yunchuan (middle), the primary extreme COVID-19 affected person to efficiently obtain a kidney transplant, takes images with the medical staff on the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan College in Wuhan, Hubei province. （Photograph/Wuhan College）
After greater than 5 months within the hospital, Gu Yunchuan was discharged on Could 22. He was the primary extreme COVID-19 affected person to efficiently obtain a kidney transplant.
Gu, from Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous area, suffered from continual nephritis for greater than 10 years. His situation worsened into uremia in 2016 and he had been present process dialysis thrice every week.
He got here to Renmin Hospital of Wuhan College in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Dec 25 for a kidney transplant.
His mom, spouse and son accompanied him to Wuhan and so they rented a home close to the hospital. They had been ready for a kidney donor whereas Gu was nonetheless getting dialysis remedy.
On Jan 25, the 39-year-old started to have a fever and was recognized of contracting COVID-19 4 days later with extreme infections in his lungs.
With a excessive fever and issue respiration, he was admitted to the hospital’s division of infectious illness. He suffered a number of organ failures and have become a extreme COVID-19 affected person.
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