两位新冠肺炎重症患者成功治愈出院   2020-04-16

 

Two COVID-19 patients who had been in a critical condition were discharged from hospital on Wednesday afternoon, when a total of 17 patients were released upon recovery.

They were the first two patients in Shanghai to leave hospital after receiving ECMO treatment (extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation), a method of supporting breathing and the heart.

Chen, 64, had been at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center in Jinshan District for 73 days. He underwent 43 days of ECMO treatment.

 

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