101-year-old grandma has been discharged from Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State after she recovered from the deadly COVID-19 virus.
The grandma was on admission in a private hospital for treatment before the medical personnel of the hospital noticed she was showing some symptoms of COVID-19 like the acute onset of cough breathlessness, fever and malaise before she was transferred to OAUTHC.
These disclosures were made in a statement signed by the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Ile-Ife, Prof Victor Adetiloye, on Wednesday to newsmen.
The PCR result returned positive and she was subsequently admitted to the OAUTHC isolation centre on 30/01/2021. The relevant findings on admission included poor oxygen saturation (SpO2 90% on oxygen), lethargy, altered sensorium, neutrophilic leucocytosis and hypokalemia.
She was discharged home on medications and counselled on the need to observe all the non-pharmacological preventive measures against COVID-19. The total length of admission was 12 days and she was discharged into the warm embrace of her children and other close relations.
