Coronavirus patient discharged from Kerala hospital after being cured
By State health minister K K Shailaja said the battle was only half won and it was too early to say the worst was over.
One of the three coronavirus-infected patients in Kerala was discharged from the Medical College Hospital in Alappuzha on Thursday after he consistently tested negative for more than a week. The second patient was likely to be discharged in the next couple of days and the third was reported to be stable, said authorities.
State health minister K K Shailaja said the battle was only half won and it was too early to say the worst was over.
“I talked to him over phone. He is in good spirits. He promised to meet me once his home quarantine is over. I salute doctors, para-medical staff and health workers who toiled to realise this,” she said speaking of the patient who was discharged.
Minister said the discharged patient’s results were consistent throughout the week but samples of the first patient– a girl medical student admitted to Thrissur medical college– were not so clear delaying her discharge. The minister said the first patient will also leave the hospital in a couple of days.