2nd Covid-19 patient in HCM City discharged from hospital
Chinese patient Li Ding, 66, one of the two first Covid-19 patients in Vietnam, was discharged from Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on February 12 after three weeks of treatment.
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Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son gives bouquet to Chinese patient Li Ding to celebrate his recovery (Photo: VNA)
Li Ding, a 66-year-old Chinese citizen, was hospitalized with his 28-year-old son Li Zichao on January 22 for Covid-19 treatment. In the photo: Li Ding (second right) is discharged from hospital (Photo: VNA)
“Thank you Vietnam, thank you Vietnamese doctors!” Li Ding (pink T-shirt) said through an interpreter as he was walking out of Cho Ray Hospital in District 5 (Photo: VNA)
He was discharged at 5:00 pm after twenty-one days of medical care at Cho Ray hospital, considered the best one in southern Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
His full recovery can be seen as a ‘miracle,’ as he has suffered many pre-existing conditions that could have killed him anytime, including diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease (Photo: VNA)
Li Ding said that his son and him had been well cared for by Cho Ray doctors. Earlier, Li Ding’s son, Li Zichao, was discharged from hospital on February 4. (Photo: VNA)